Skeptical Science New Research for Week #30, 2021
88 articles
Physical science of climate change, effects
Energetics of surface melt in West Antarctica Ghiz et al. The Cryosphere Open Access pdf 10.5194/tc
Quantifying...
Climate change and tornadoes: Any connection?
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Bob Henson
Climate change may be the existential threat of our lives, yet when it comes to...
2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #30
Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, July 18, 2021 through Sat, July 24, 2021
The following...
Cranky Uncle game now being translated
The Cranky Uncle game is now being translated into multiple languages, paving the way to building public resilience against misinformation across the world. So...
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #29, 2021
94 articles
Physical science of climate change, effects
Three flavors of radiative feedbacks and their implications for estimating Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity Rugenstein & Armour Geophysical Research...
As scientists have long predicted, warming is making heatwaves more deadly
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections
In its 2001 Third Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) foresaw that global warming would lead...
2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #29
Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, July 11, 2021 through Sat, July 17, 2021
The following...
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #28, 2021
Decomposition of increasing atmospheric methane points to a decomposing Amazon
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, relatively short-lived in the atmosphere compared to CO2 but...
Additional fact briefs published on Repustar
With an initial batch of eight published Fact Briefs we announced our partnership with the fact-checking organization Repustar at the end of April 2021. Since...
The making of a one-of-a-kind climate change PR professional
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by James Hoggan
In the world of environmental communication, we are learning as we go. For years, we...
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