Suez Canal shutdown shows the vulnerability of the global economy to extreme events
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters, PhD
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Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Mar 28, 2021 through Sat, Apr 3, 2021
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Clock is running on our reliance on vegetation as a steady ‘carbon sink’
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Kristen Pope
Trees and other plants have been critical in helping to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from...
Biden’s executive orders on climate have broad public support
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Gary Yohe, Henry Jacoby, Ben Santer, and Richard Richels
Governing from the White House by executive actions –...
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Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Mar 21, 2021 through Sat, Mar 27, 2021
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Details behind Biden’s ’30 by 30′ U.S. lands and oceans climate goal
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Bruce Lieberman
Among the many goals in President Biden’s climate change agenda, protecting 30 percent of U.S. lands...
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$62,000,000,000 of simulated "income"
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Zero emissions drive would grow U.S. economy
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections
Climate models show time is running out for the world to cut emissions and avert catastrophic climate change,...
2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #11
Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Mar 14, 2021 through Sat, Mar 20, 2021
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