2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #12
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #12
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Editor's Pick
Mailings to Teachers Highlight a Political Fight...
New research, March 12-18, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
The Figure is from paper #16.
Climate change impacts
Mankind
1. Inundation of a low-lying urban atoll island:...
Web of Power: Cambridge Analytica and the Climate Science Denial Network Lobbying for Brexit...
This is a re-post from DeSmogUK by Mat Hope
It has been a heck of a few days in the spotlight for Cambridge Analytica — a ‘political consultancy’...
Global warming to date could ‘obliterate’ a third of glacier ice
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Robert McSweeney
The warming the world has already experienced could be enough to melt more than a third...
John Kelly shut down Pruitt’s climate denial ‘red team,’ but they have a Plan...
In 2007, the US Supreme Court ruled that carbon dioxide is an air pollutant, which means that if it poses a threat to public health...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #11
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Editor's Pick
5 reasons the Arctic’s extremely warm winter...
70% of king penguins could ‘abruptly relocate or disappear’ by 2100
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Daisy Dunne
The arduous journey that king penguins must make in order to hunt fish to bring back...
New research, March 5-11, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
The figure is from paper #57.
Climate change
1. Insights into Atmospheric Predictability Through Global Convection-Permitting Model...
Biofuels can help solve climate change, especially with a carbon tax
Facing the reality of human-caused warming, we now look for ways to reduce the problem so that future generations will not inherit a disaster....
Latest news
Popular Articles
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.
Link to full source:...
Do you see a devil in this orchid?
Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
Link to full source: Do you see a devil...
Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs
He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
Link to full source: Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs
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.
Link to full source: 10 magical places saved...