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New study undercuts favorite climate myth ‘more CO2 is good for plants’ by Dana Nuccitelli (Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian) received the most comments of the aricles posted on SkS during the past week. How climate science deniers can accept so many 'impossible things' all at once by Graham Readfearn (Planet Oz, Guardian) attracted the second highest number.
A weakening La Nina climate pattern is going to make weather and climate forecasts a bit trickier this fall and winter.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has called off its La Nina watch, and evidence suggests conditions are weakening and returning to neutral.
"It means we have a less confident forecast," said Tony Barnston, chief forecaster for Columbia University's International Research Institute on Climate and Society. Barnston is one of the 10 climate scientists from NOAA and institute who decide whether a watch should be put in place.
A weakening La Nina adds a lot of uncertainty to climate predictions by Robert Ferris, CNBC News, Sep 23, 2016
In a toast during a leaders’ lunch yesterday at the United Nations, the outgoing secretary-general (Ban Ki-moon) jokingly challenged Obama to a round of golf in retirement, because “we need to find something to do.”
He singled out Obama’s work on climate change as a particular highlight of his own term.
“One of the most memorable moments of my tenure took place just over two weeks ago, at the G-20 meeting, when we stood together as the United States and China joined the Paris Agreement,” said Ban.
“Climate diplomacy faced much opposition and involved many sleepless nights. But now the agreement is on the brink of entering into force. This achievement will surely echo down the decades,” he said.
Obama Warns of "Mass Migrations" If Climate Change Is Not Confronted by Jean Chemnick, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Sep 21, 2016
The just published peer-reviewed article, The ‘Alice in Wonderland’ mechanics of the rejection of (climate) science: simulating coherence by conspiracism (Lewandowsky et al) is the focus of:
The Market Forces article, Suncorp understands the importance of 2ºC, fails to commit to it, begins with:
Creator of the award-winning Skeptical Science website John Cook and Associate Professor Kristen Lyons were among the shareholders attending the Suncorp AGM today in Brisbane, trying to find out why a company that is losing billions of dollars in climate change related damage is not doing anything about it. Suncorp is one of the largest insurance companies in Australia representing 3,500 employees and serves close to nine million customers.
In their Washington Post article, Scientists know climate change is a threat. Politicians need to realize it, too, Kerry Emanuel & Ben Santer links to the intermediate version of the SkS rebuttal article, The 97% consensus on global warming, in:
The climate is changing in dangerous ways, and we are responsible for most of these changes. This is not a matter of conjecture or political opinion — it is the conclusion of the overwhelming majority of climate scientists, based on solid evidence that mounts each year. Rising sea levels, extreme heat, increased incidence of floods and drought, ocean acidification and expansion of tropical diseases pose an unacceptable level of risk to our descendants. So do many other climate-related threats.
John Cook's appointment to the faculty at George Mason University is the focus of:
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Greenland’s ice sheet is melting faster than previously thought, Climate State/YouTube, Sep 22, 2016
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