New research, March 26 – April 1, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change
1. Consistency of climate change projections from multiple global and regional model intercomparison projects
2. Uncertainty...
American conservatives are still clueless about the 97% expert climate consensus
Gallup released its annual survey on American perceptions about global warming last week, and the results were a bit discouraging. While 85–90% of Democrats are worried...
Skeptical Science at EGU 2018
Next week, about 14,000 scientists will meet in Vienna, Austria for the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018. Skeptical Science will make an appearance...
Scientists examine threats to food security if we meet the Paris climate targets
We have delayed action for so long on handling climate change, we now can no longer can “will it happen?” Rather we have to...
On climate change, zero-sum thinking doesn’t work
Joseph Robertson is Global Strategy Director for Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Founder and President of the Geoversiv Foundation, and lead strategist in the Resilience Intel initiative.
Democracy is not a zero-sum...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #13
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Editor's Pick
Stanford law and science experts discuss court...
New research, March 19-25, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
The figure is from paper #80.
Climate change mitigation
1. Unlikely pioneers: creative climate change policymaking in smaller...
How could global warming accelerate if CO2 is ‘logarithmic’?
After publishing my experiences talking to science 'dismissives' (or 'skeptics', or whatever you'd like to call them) and then participating in the excellent Denial101x course,...
Students from KMIDS college in Bangkok posting comments
You may have noticed comments in several threads which seem to have come a bit out of the blue. We were wondering the same...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #12
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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."
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.
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