2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #19
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.
Editor's Pick
Methane, Climate Change, and Our Uncertain Future
Methane...
Global warming is melting Antarctic ice from below
We all know intuitively that in a warmer world there will be less ice. And, since the North and South Pole regions contain lots...
The 1970s Global Cooling Zombie Myth and the Tricks Some People Use to Keep...
In Part I of this look back at 1970s climate science I reviewed the findings of Peterson, Connolley, and Fleck's seminal 2008 survey of 1970s...
Global warming will depress economic growth in Trump country
A working paper recently published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond concludes that global warming could significantly slow economic growth in the US.
Specifically, rising...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #18
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.
Editor's Pick
Earth’s atmosphere just crossed another troubling climate...
New research, April 23-29, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change impacts
1. Projected shift of Köppen–Geiger zones in the central Europe: A first insight...
The 1970s Global Cooling Zombie Myth and the Tricks Some People Use to Keep...
Ten years ago, Thomas Peterson, William Connolley and John Fleck published a paper in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society which looked back...
SkS Analogy 11 – Cabinets, airplanes, and frame of reference
Tag Line
The altitude of an airplane landing on a runway is only useful if measured relative to the ground, and not to sea level.
Elevator...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #17
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.
Editor's Pick
Global temperatures have dropped since 2016. Here’s...
New research, April 16-22, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change
Temperature, precipitation, wind
1. Time Scales and Sources of European Temperature Variability (open access)
"We find...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
A report by 43 wildlife experts warns that without changes now, many of Earth's most iconic species will be lost forever.
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Do you see a devil in this orchid?
Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
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Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs
He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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10 magical places saved by endangered species
In our efforts to save animals at risk of extinction, we've saved some extraordinary places as well.
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