2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #17

A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.

Sun Apr 17

Ancient volcanoes could be key to predicting impact of climate change by Andrew Good, USC News, Apr 13, 2016
The new climate rallying cry: keep it in the ground by Sammy Roth, USA Today, Apr 13, 2016
El Niño is Earth's rechargeable heat battery by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Apr 15, 2016
Doubting climate change is not enough, Op-ed by Thomas Levenson, Ideas, Boston Globe, Apr 17, 2016
How can we reduce concrete’s hefty carbon footprint? by Nate Berg, Ensia, Apr 13, 2016
World's biggest wealth fund excludes 52 coal-related groups by Agence France-Presse/Guardian, Apr 15, 2016
The New World: March 2016 Is the Sixth Temperature Record-Breaking Month in a Row by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Apr 16, 2016
Scientists Just Confirmed The Scientific Consensus On Climate Change by Alejandro Davila Fragoso, Climate Progress, Apr 13, 2016

Mon Apr 18

The Clinton-Sanders exchange on climate change was a dumpster fire by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 17, 2016
US firms knew about global warming in 1968 – what about Australia? by Marc Hudson, The Conversation US, Apr 17, 2016
Climate change slowly stifling life on Mount Kilimanjaro by Deu Ngow, Daily News (Tanzania), Apr 17, 2016
Sydney's corals now bleaching in 'pretty shocking' sign of warming waters by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 18, 2016
Brazil’s thriving soy industry threatens its forests and global climate targets by Peter Richards & Jeffrey Hoelle, The Conversation US, Apr 17, 2016
There Is An Overwhelming Consensus Among Climate Scientists That We're To Blame For Climate Change by Stephen Luntz, IFL Science!, Apr 18, 2016
Fantala Strongest Cyclone on Record for Indian Ocean; Massive Flash Flood in Houston by Bob Henson, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Apr 18, 2016
Dalai Lama, Archbishop Tutu sign interfaith climate statement by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Apr 18, 2016

Tue Apr 19

Miami-Dade flooding to increase as engineers start identifying miles of risky U.S. coast by Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, Apr 15, 2016
New report outlines climate change challenges on Canada's Arctic coast by Sima Sahar Zerehi, CBC News, Apr 18, 2016
Climate Change (I): Will the Middle East Become ‘Uninhabitable’? by Baher Kamal, Inter Press Service (IPS), Ap 18, 2016
Historic Flooding Ongoing as Houston Records Its Rainiest Day Ever—Before Noon by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Apr 18, 2016
Study: humans have caused all the global warming since 1950 by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - 97%, The Guardian, Apr 19, 2016
Does premature Paris climate deal risk a painful birth? by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 18, 2016
Consensus on consensus by Andy Skuce, Corporate Knights, Apr 19, 2016
Bill Nye Challenges Climate Change Denier With $20,000 Bet by Chris D’Angelo, Huffington Post, Apr 19, 2016
A New Dark Age Looms, Op-ed by William B Gail, New York Times, Apr 18, 2016
Palin ‘as Much a Scientist’ as Bill Nye? by Vanessa Schipani, FactCheck.org, Apr 18, 2016
250 Faith Leaders Demand Nations Ratify Paris Climate Deal by Jeremy Deaton & Jack Jenkins, Climate Progress, Apr 18, 2916

Wed Apr 20

The Great Barrier Reef: 93% hit by coral bleaching, surveys reveal by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morining Herald, Apr 19, 2016
Clinton's Carbon Corruption: Why Hillary Won't Say Yes to a Carbon Tax by Raillan Brooks, Village Voice, Apr 19, 2016
Climate change denier Sarah Palin: 'Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am', by Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian, Apr 15, 2016
Exxon Tries To Bury Climate Documents By Claiming First Amendment Rights by Kate Sheppard & Shane Ferro, Huffington Post, Apr 19, 2016
The IPCC’s priorities for the next six years: 1.5C, oceans, cities and food security by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Apr 14, 2016
Senate Republicans Want To Cut Funding For UN Climate Change Agency, Because Palestine by Kate Shepard & Jessica Schulberg, Huffington Post, Apr 19, 2016
Warmest March in Global Recordkeeping; 2016 Roars Ahead of Pack by Jeff Masters & Bob Henson, WunderBlog, Weather Underground, Apr 19, 2016
Spikes in U.S. Air Pollution Linked to Warming Climate by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Apr 20, 2016

Thu Apr 21

Indian drought 'affecting 330 million people' after two weak monsoons, Agence France-Presse in Dehli/Guardian, Apr 20, 2016
The Great Barrier Reef: 93% hit by coral bleaching, surveys reveal by Tom Arup, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 20, 2016
Non-linear events can affect climate change, Op-ed by Gwynne Dyer, The Border Mail (Australia), Apr 20, 2016
Leaders Roll Up Sleeves on Climate, but Experts Say Plans Don’t Pack a Wallop by Justin Gillis & Coral Davenport, New York Times, Apr 21, 2016
Historic Houston Floods Bear Classic Climate Signature, Climate Nexus, Apr 19, 2016
Fate of World’s Coastlines Rests on Melting Antarctic Ice by John Upton, Climate Central, Apr 21, 2016
The climate change generation gap by Dana Nuccitelli, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Apr 21, 2016

Fri Apr 22

Corporations Move to Curb Global Warming by Benjamin Hulac, ClimateWire/ Scientific American, Apr 21, 2016
Studies Show Link Between Red Meat and Climate Change by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Apr 20, 2016
Climate Change May Turn Crops Into Junk Food by Tove Danovich, TakePart, Apr 18. 2016
Poor countries must find $4tn by 2030 to avert catastrophe, says climate study by John Vidal, Guardian, Apr 22, 2016
7 things we've learned about Earth since the last Earth Day by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 22, 2016
Explainer: The adoption, signing and ratification of the UN climate deal by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Apr 19, 2016
The Key Players in Climate Change, New York Times, Apr 21, 2016
Scientists compare climate change impacts at 1.5C and 2C by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Apr 21, 2016

Sat Apr 23

Action on climate change needs our hearts and heads: uniting our faith and science by Katharine Hayhoe, Asma Mahdi, Ed Maurer, and Vaishali Naik, AGU Blogosphere, Apr 22, 2016
China, U.S. pledge to ratify Paris climate deal this year by Michelle Nichols & Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Apr 20, 2016
Pressure grows for price on carbon ahead of UN signing by Matt McGrath, Science & Environment, BBC News, Apr 21, 2016
Interview: UN members fear U.S. 'sabotage' of Obama's climate commitments by Louis Charbonneau, Reuters, Apr 20, 2016
Has climate change really improved U.S. weather? by Kevin Trenberth, Environment & Energy, The Conversation US, Apr 22, 2016
Unfriendly Climate by Sonja Smith, Texas Monthly, May 2016 edition
Paris deal's carbon cuts miss critical warming target, Op-ed by Mario Molina, V. Ramanathan & Durwood Zaelke, USA Today, Apr 22, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 23 April, 2016

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