The missing maths: the human cost of fossil fuels
Dr. Ploy Achakulwisut is a Postdoctoral Scientist at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. She has a PhD in Atmospheric Science...
America’s best scientists stood up to the Trump administration
Anyone who has read this column over the past five years knows that I tend to be unfettered in my criticism of people who lie...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #16
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.
Editor's Pick
Earth Day and the Hockey Stick: A...
New research, April 9-15, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change mitigation
1. Pathways limiting warming to 1.5°C: a tale of turning around in no...
Glacier loss is accelerating because of global warming
With global warming, we can make predictions and then take measurements to test those predictions. One prediction (a pretty obvious one) is that a warmer world...
Climate Science Denial Explained: Tactics of Denial
Continued from Part 1
What they decline to understand
Thousands of climate scientists are working on all kinds of interesting subjects, from glaciology to oceanography to ecology to...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #15
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.
Editor's Pick
Avoid Gulf stream disruption at all costs,...
New research, April 2-8, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change impacts
Mankind
1. Vulnerabilities and resilience of European power generation to 1.5 °C, 2 °C and 3 °C...
New resource: The Fact-Myth-Fallacy slide-deck
Many of you will already be familiar with the Fact-Myth-Fallacy structure of a successful debunking. For a refresher, John Cook's post about "Inoculation theory:...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #14
Opinion of the Week... Opinion of the Week... Toon of the Week... SkS Spotlights... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the Week... Climate Feedback...
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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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