2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #20
A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, May 10 through Sat, May 16, 2020
Editor's Choice
These 6 books explore climate change science and solutions
Recent books about climate change tackle science and offer visions of the future.
Climate change is increasingly becoming part of everyday conversations. For those who want to join the discussions, there is no shortage of books that give detailed background and context on the subject. The question is, which to read?
Science News staff members have reviewed several books published this year to guide you to which ones you might like. Many of these offerings address perhaps the most pressing question: With limited time to act, what’s the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avert the most dire impacts of climate change?
These 6 books explore climate change science and solutions by Staff, Science News, May 16, 2020
Articles Linked to on Facebook
Sun, May 10, 2020
- Banks’ Vows to Restrict Loans for Arctic Oil and Gas Development May Be Largely Symbolic by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, May 5, 2020
- Australia listened to the experts on coronavirus. It's time we heard them on climate change, Opinion by Lenore Taylor Comment is Free, Guardian, May 1, 2020
- G.O.P. Coronavirus Message: Economic Crisis Is a Green New Deal Preview by Lisa Friedman, New York Times, May 7, 2020
- Mosquitoes Carrying Dengue, Zika, Yellow Fever Would Be More Prevalent by 2030, Study Warns, by Staff Reporter The Science Times, May 9, 2020
- 10 Books Climate Activists Are Reading Now by Julia Fine, Environment, Teen Vogue/Yes! Magazine, May 8, 2020
- Will the Coronavirus Crisis Trump the Climate Crisis? by Steven Erlanger, Europe, New York Times, May 9, 2020
Mon, May 11, 2020
- Some Young Republicans Embrace a Slower, Gentler Brand of Climate Activism by James Bruggers, InsideClimate News, May 8, 2020
- ‘A Nightmare’: Losing a Home to Australia’s Fires, Then Locked Down by a Virus by Livia Albeck-Ripka, Australia, New York Times, May 10, 2020
- European lawmakers to consider tougher climate law - draft by Kate Abnett, Reuters, May 8, 2010
- I Left Academia and Became a Climate YouTuber by Adam Levy, New Republic, Apr 24, 2020
- Fight Over Virus’s Death Toll Opens Grim New Front in Election Battle by Matthew Rosenberg and Jim Rutenberg, US, New York Times, May 9, 2020
- Climate change in northern climes by Nick Carne, Climate, COSMOS, May 12, 2020
- Millions More Americans Will Face Climate Disasters with Warming by Daniel Cusick, E&E News/Scientific American, May 11, 2020
- It’s not your imagination. Allergy season gets worse every year. by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, May 7, 2020
Tue, May 12, 2020
- We’re All Casualties of Trump’s War on Science, Opinion by Michelle Goldberg, New York Times, May 11, 2020
- Hot rocks can help to cool the warming Earth by Paul Brown, Climate News Network, May 8, 2020
- Fact check: The coronavirus pandemic isn’t slowing climate change by Matthew Brown, USA Today, May 11, 2020
- Coronavirus inspires cities to push climate-friendly mobility by Martin Kuebler, Environment, Deutsche Welle (DW), May 11, 2020
- The Canals Are Clear Thanks to the Coronavirus, But Venice’s Existential Threat Is Climate Change by Sara Moraca, InsideClimate News, May 12, 2020
- America’s longest river was recently drier than during the Dust Bowl. And it’s bound to happen again., by Darryl Fears, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, May 11, 2020
- Climate change: Study pours cold water on oil company net zero claims by Matt McGrath, Science & Environment, BBC News, May 12, 2020
Wed, May 13, 2020
- How Canadian agricultural producers can lead the way in climate action by Lisa Ashton & Ben Bradshaw, The Conversation CA, May 4, 2020
- Longer growing seasons have a limited effect on combating climate change by Alemu Gonsamo, The Conversation CA, May 11, 2020
- ANALYSIS-Asia's pandemic stimulus may slow the demise of coal by Joe Brock, Reuters, May 12, 2020
- Gas stoves can generate unsafe levels of indoor air pollution by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, May 11, 2020
- 12 books on climate activism by Michael Svoboda, Article, Yale Climate Connections, May 13, 2020
- When Will Renewables Pass Coal? Sooner Than Anyone Thought by Dan Gearino, InsideClimate News, May 13, 2020
- America is trailing in the clean energy race by Matt Egan, CNN Business, May 13, 2020
Thu, May 14, 2020
- Biggest US solar project approved in Nevada despite critics by Scott Sonner, AP News, May 11, 2020
- Deutsche Bank targets 200 bln euros of sustainable investment by 2025 by Simon Jessop, Reuters, May 13, 2020
- Regenerative Agriculture: Good for Soil Health, but Limited Potential to Mitigate Climate Change by Janet Ranganathan, Richard Waite, Tim Searchinger & Jessica Zionts, World Resources Institute (WRI), May 12, 2020
- "The Story of Plastic" is a moving film that reveals where plastic comes from – and where it goes by Katherine Martinko, Science, TreeHugger, May 8, 2020
- How green stimulus measures could fuel the decarbonization of shipping by Johannah Christensen & Anthony Hobley, World Economic Forum, May 12, 2020
- Asia-Pacific nations must ‘work together’ to save their ocean by Daniel T Cross, Sustainability Times, May 13, 2020
- A brief history of climate targets and technological promises, Guest Post by Duncan McLaren, Carbon Brief, May 13, 2020
- The food to avoid if you care about climate change by Laura Bult, Vox, May 14, 2020
Fri, May 15, 2020
- We’re running out of time to flatten the curve — for climate change by Clayton Aldern, Grist, May 14, 2020
- Denman Glacier Losing Some of Its Footing by Michael Carlowicz, Images, NASA Earth Observatory, May 13, 2020
- Brief periods of dangerous humid heat arrive decades early by Alison Stevens, NOAA's Climate.gov, May 12, 2020
- Researchers Will Track Whether Coronavirus Recovery Spending Benefits Climate by John Fialka, E&E News/Scientific American, May 14, 2020
- Climate Change Might Trigger El Niño-like Pattern Over Indian Ocean by 2050: Study by India Edit Team, Science, The Weather Channel (TWC), May 14, 2020
- Could New York’s Youth Finally Convince the State to Divest Its Pension of Fossil Fuels? by Kristoffer Tigue, InsideClimate News, May 15, 2020
- Can't 'See' Sea Level Rise? You're Looking in the Wrong Place by Alan Buis, Blog, NASA's Global Climate Change, May 13, 2020
Sat, May 16, 2020
- May 2020 ENSO update: road trip by Emily Becker, NOAA's Climate.gov, May 14, 2020
- How the coronavirus recovery effort can support a European Green Deal by Valerio Micale & Rob Macquarie, Climate Home News, May 7, 2020
- Watchdog: Germany must reach net zero emissions by 2038 by Florence Schulz, Euractiv/Climate Home News, May 15, 2020
- These 6 books explore climate change science and solutions by Staff, Science News, May 16, 2020
- Climate Assembly UK concludes in world transformed by coronavirus by Jessica Murray, Environment, Guardian, May 16, 2020
- Coronavirus, Hurricanes Or Climate Change - Why The ‘Bad Things’ Get More Attention by Marshall Shepherd, Climate, Forbes, May 15, 2020
- Biden Names Ocasio-Cortez, Kerry to Lead His Climate Task Force, Bridging Democrats’ Divide by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, May 15, 2020
- Government advisors say Germany should base climate policy on CO2 budget by Sören Amelan, Clean Energy Wire, May 14, 2020
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 16 May, 2020
