2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #39
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.
Editor's Pick
Trump administration sees a 7-degree rise in global temperatures by 2100
Firefighters from Brea, Calif., inspect and cut fireline on Aug. 1, 2018, as the Ranch Fire burns near Upper Lake, Calif. A day earlier, it and the River Fire totaled more than 74,000 acres. (Stuart W. Palley/For The Washington Post)
Last month, deep in a 500-page environmental impact statement, the Trump administration made a startling assumption: On its current course, the planet will warm a disastrous 7 degrees by the end of this century.
A rise of 7 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 4 degrees Celsius, compared with preindustrial levels would be catastrophic, according to scientists. Many coral reefs would dissolve in increasingly acidic oceans. Parts of Manhattan and Miami would be underwater without costly coastal defenses. Extreme heat waves would routinely smother large parts of the globe.
But the administration did not offer this dire forecast as part of an argument to combat climate change. Just the opposite: The analysis assumes the planet’s fate is already sealed.
Trump administration sees a 7-degree rise in global temperatures by 2100 by Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis & Chri Mooney, Health & Science, Washington Post, Sep 28, 2018
Links posted on Facebook
Sun Sep 23, 2018
- As sand mining grows, Asia’s deltas are sinking, water experts warn by Manipadma Jena, Thompson Reuters Foundation, Sep 21, 2018
- Research Shows Wind Farms Could Divert Hurricane Rains by Richard Kemeny, Hakai Magazine, Sep 21, 2018
- New Evidence That Climate Change Poses a Much Greater Threat to Humanity Than Recently Understood Because the IPCC has been Systematically Underestimating Climate Change Risks: An Ethical Analysis by Donald Brown, Ethics & Climate, Widener University, Sep 21, 2018
- Climate Mobilization plea: Cities must declare emergency by Sarah Wesseler, Yale Climate Connections, Sep 20, 2018
- The Energy 202: Trump's EPA is targeting rules for yet another greenhouse gas by Dino Grandoni, PowerPost, Washington Post, Sep 21, 2018
- The Unequal Burden of Climate Change by Emily Atkin, The New Republic, Sep 18, 2018
- Putting a dollar value on one of oil’s biggest subsidies: military protection by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Sep 21, 2018
- Climate change swells ranks of refugees as Trump administration retreats to the sidelines by Tracy Wilkinson, Nation, Los Angeles Times, Sep 23, 2018
Mon Sep 24, 2018
- Climate change must be dealt with before it unleashes millions of global-warming refugees, Opinion by Mike Rowse, Comment, South China Morning Post, Sep 23, 2018
- Watching Kirk, Leslie, and 98L in the Atlantic, Trami in the Pacific by Jeff Masters, Category 6, Weather Underground, Sep 23, 2018
- Climate study ‘pulls punches’ to keep polluters on board by Robin McKie, Observer/Guardian, Sep 23, 2018
- Prepare for 10 Feet of Sea Level Rise, California Commission Tells Coastal Cities by Anne C. Mulkern, E&E News/Scientific American, Sep 21, 2018
- Tackling climate change to be key talking point at UN summit, AP/ABC News, Sep 23, 2018
- Climate change will be high on next year’s G20 summit agenda, Abe says, JIJI/Japan Times, Sep 24, 2018
- New study reconciles a dispute about how fast global warming will happen by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Environment, Guardian, Sep 24, 2018
- Super Typhoon Trami now a monster CAT 5 with 160 mph/260 km/h sustained winds!, Severe Weather Europe, Sep 24, 2018
Tue Sep 25, 2018
- Philippine farmers struggle to rebuild lives after typhoon decimates crops by Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Sep 24, 2018
- Climate scientists reject ‘offensive’ claim of US, Saudi meddling in landmark report by Megan Darby, Climate Home News, Sep 24, 2018
- Climate Change Will Cost U.S. More in Economic Damage Than Any Other Country But One by Stacy Morford, InsideClimate News, Sep 24, 2018
- Where should you move to save yourself from climate change? by Oliver Milman, Environment, Guardian, Sep 24, 2018
- What’s Causing Antarctica’s Ocean to Heat Up? New Study Points to 2 Human Sources by Sabrina Shankman, InsideClimate News, Sep 24, 2018
- PM Jacinda Ardern's challenges other world leaders on climate change by Claire Trevett, New Zealand Herald Express, Sep 25, 2918
- Ryan Zinke to the oil and gas industry: “Our government should work for you” by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Sep 22, 2018
- California urges Trump to drop plan for weaker fuel standard by Sudhin Thanawala, AP/CNBC, Sep 24, 2018
Wed Sep 26, 2018
- Germany's coastal lowlands under the shadow of climate change by Tamsin Walker, Deutsche Welle, Sep 24, 2018
- Adani plans to take 12.5b litres of water as farmer denied access in 'double standard' by Michael Slezak, ABC News (Australia), Sep 24, 2018
- You Are Not Alone With Your Concerns About Climate Change by Jesper Berggreen, CleanTechnica, Sep 25, 2018
- Google’s New Tool to Fight Climate Change by Robinson Meyer, Technology, The Atlantic, Sep 25, 2018
- Super Typhoon Trami: Images show storm from space as it heads for Japan by Euan McKirdy, CNN, Sep 26, 2018
- New research shows the world’s ice is doing something not seen before by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Environment, The Guardian, Sep 26, 2018
- Harbingers: Florence, Forest Fires, and the Future by John Atcheson, Climate Change, Common Dreams, Sep 26, 2018
- Climate gentrification: the rich can afford to move – what about the poor? by Oliver Milman, Environment, Guardian, Sep 25, 2018
Thu Sep 27, 2018
- Suing the United States for Climate Change Impacts by Stephen L. Kass, New York Law Journal, Sep 25, 2018
- The EU needs a stability and wellbeing pact, not more growth, Letter signed by 238 European academics, Business, Guardian, Sep 26, 2018
- The Climate-Change Debate Has Shifted, Not Ended by Eric Roston, Quicktake, Bloomberg News, Sep 26, 2018
- Climate change is a global injustice. A new study shows why. by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Sep 26, 2018
- Morning update on the intense Medicane developing tonight: may hit Crete Island this weekend, Severe Weather Europe, Sep 27, 2018
- The Paris Accord Won’t Stop Global Warming on Its Own by Richard Samans, Foreign Policy, Sep 26, 2018
- World 'nowhere near on track' to avoid warming beyond 1.5C target by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Sep 27, 2018
- Kavanaugh Confirmation Fight Has Consequences for Climate Law by Mark K. Matthews, E&E News/Scientific American, Sep 27, 2018
Fri Sep 28, 2018
- Humans Contribute to Earth’s Wobble, Scientists Say by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience/Scientific American, Sep 25, 2018
- Credible tracking of land-use emissions under the Paris, Guest by Giacomo Grassi, Jo House, Werner Kurz & Glen Peters, Carbon Brief, Sep 24, 2018
- Climate-related financial disclosure becoming more mainstream - G20 task force by Nina Chestney, Reuters, Sep 26, 2018
- Powerful Typhoon Trami to slam Japan with life-threatening impacts by Eric Leister, AccuWeather, Sep 28, 2018
- Trump administration sees a 7-degree rise in global temperatures by 2100 by Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis & Chri Mooney, Health & Science, Washington Post, Sep 28, 2018
- E.P.A. to Eliminate Office That Advises Agency Chief on Science by Coral Davenport, Climate, New York Times, Sep 27, 2018
- Harvey, Florence, and the climate change connection by Amanda Paulson, Environment, Christian Science Monitor, Sep 27, 2018
- Trial Will Test New Weapon Against Climate Change: Necessity Defense by Seamus McGraw, Climate Liability News, Sep 25, 2018
Sat Sep 29, 2018
- Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions climb again amid climate policy vacuum by Lisa Cox, Environment, Guardian, Sep 28, 2018
- Northern Swedish cities see the effects of climate change more than anywhere else in Europe by Nele Schröder, The Local-Sweden, Sep 26. 2018
- Wetlands disappearing three times faster than forests, AFP/Channel News Asia, Sep 27, 2018
- Indonesia tsunami and earthquake kill 384, leave hundreds injured by Nicole Chavez & Mochammad Andri, CNN, Sep 29, 2018
- Witnessing the environmental horrors of Hurricane Florence by Sue Sturgis, Facing South, Sep 28, 2018
- Looking anew at plastics and climate change by Bruce Liberman, Yale Climate Communications, Sep 26, 2018
- Marine microbes: Small but mighty at capturing carbon by Devi Lockwood, Yale Climate Communications, Sep 27, 2018
- Courts Will Play Key Role in Addressing Climate Crisis, Experts Say by Dana Drugmand, Climate Liability News, Sep 27, 2018
- New research, September 17-23, 2018 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, Sep 28, 2018
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 29 September, 2018
