A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jan 13 through Sat, Jan 19, 2019
Editor's Pick
‘It’s like hell here’: Australia bakes as record temperatures nudge 50C
Fears rise for homeless and vulnerable people as communities brace for another week of relentless hot weather
A sign warns bathers of the extreme heat on Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia. Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images
It was 48.9C (120F) last Tuesday in Port Augusta, South Australia, an old harbour city that now harvests makes solar power. Michelle Coles, the owner of the local cinema, took off her shoes at night to test the concrete before letting the dogs out. “People tend to stay at home,” she said. “They don’t walk around when it’s like this.”
It’s easy to see why: in the middle of the day it takes seconds to blister a dog’s paw or child’s foot. In Mildura, in northern Victoria, last week gardeners burned their hands when they picked up their tools, which had been left in the sun at 46C. Fish were dying in the rivers.
Almost every day last week a new heat record was broken in Australia. They spread out, unrelenting, across the country, with records broken for all kinds of reasons – as if the statistics were finding an infinite series of ways to say that it was hot.
‘It’s like hell here’: Australia bakes as record temperatures nudge 50C by Namaan Zhou, Observer/Guardian, Jan 19, 2019
Links posted on Facebook
Sun Jan 13, 2019
- Air travel is surging. That’s a huge problem for the climate. by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 11, 2019
- China launches subsidy-free solar, wind power after project costs fall by Muyu Xu & David Stanway, Reuters, Jan 10, 2019
- China Is Set To Become The World's Renewable Energy Superpower, According To New Report by Dominic Dudley, Forbes, Jan 11, 2019
- New Victorian windfarm could provide 10% of state's energy by Lisa Cox, Australia, Guardian, Jan 12, 2018
- The Green New Deal’s Sudden Popularity Is A Reason For Climate Change Optimism, Opinion by Monica Medina & Miro Korenha, HuffPost, Jan 11, 2019
- Departing World Bank chief leaves climate job unfinished by Natalie Sauer, Climate Home, Jan 9, 2019
- Insurance and climate change by Nick Oldridge, Ecologist, Jan 11, 2019
- Climate Change Denial by Sarah & Jack M Gordon, Psychology Today, Jan 12, 2019
Mon Jan 14, 2019
- Climate change: focusing on how individuals can help is very convenient for corporations by Morten Fibieger Byskov, The Conversation Uk, Jan 10, 2019
- Who should be 2019’s climate champion? by Thomas Hale, Climate Home, Jan 11, 2019
- It’s Time to Talk About Ecological Grief by Michaela Cavanagh, Undark, Jan 10, 2019
- Which Kills More People: Extreme Heat or Extreme Cold? by Jeff Masters, Category 6, Weather Underground, Jan 11, 2019
- President Trump can't stop U.S. coal plants from retiring by Scott DiSavino, Reuters, Jan 14, 2019
- How to Convince a Conservative That Climate Change is Real by Tom Jacobs, Environment, Pacific Standard, Jan 14, 2019
- Defeated twice, a top climate change crusader has a wake-up call some Democrats won't want to hear by Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, Jan 13, 2019
- Ice loss from Antarctica has sextupled since the 1970s, new research finds by Chris Mooney & Brady Dennis, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 14, 2019
Tue Jan 15, 2019
- How climate activists avoid burn out by Nick Breeze, Ecologist, Jan 11, 2019
- Australia swelters through 'Code Red' heatwave as temperatures soar, AAP/SBS News, Jan 14, 2019
- Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’ by Damian Carrington, Environment, Guardian, Jan 15, 2019
- Are We Living Through Climate Change’s Worst-Case Scenario? by Robinson Meyer, Science, The Atlantic, Jan 15, 2019
- Immediate fossil fuel phaseout could arrest climate change – study by Damian Carrington, Environment, Guardian, Jan 15, 2019
- Climate Change Is Making Waves Stronger by Caroline Haskins, Motherboard, Jan 14, 2019
- How science fiction helps readers understand climate change by Diego Arguedas Ortiz, BBC, Jan 15, 2019
- Colorado Court: Oil, Gas Drilling Decisions Can't Hinge on Public Health by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Jan 15, 2019
Wed Jan 16, 2019
- Australia could hit 100% renewables sooner than most people think, Opinion by Nicky Ison, Comment is Free, Guardian, Jan 13, 2019
- Banks increasing exposure to fossil fuels despite promises to fight climate change: report by Nassim Khadem, ABC News (Australia), Jan 16, 2019
- Rooted in research: A study looks at effects of climate change on a less visible matter by Ysabelle Kempe, Boston Globe, Jan 14, 2019
- The world's 15 hottest sites on Tuesday were all in Australia by Peter Hannam, Environment, Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 16, 2019
- Permafrost Is Warming Around the Globe, Study Shows. That's a Problem for Climate Change. by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Jan 16, 2019
- Here’s one fight the Green New Deal should avoid for now by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 16, 2019
- Some of the Biggest Green Groups Have Cold Feet Over the “Green New Deal” by Emily Atkin, The New Republic, Jan 15, 2019
- EPA nominee Andrew Wheeler’s confirmation hearing was all about climate change by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 16, 2019
Thu Jan 17, 2019
- Global tensions holding back climate change fight, says WEF by Larry Elliott, Environment, Guardian, Jan 16, 2019
- Many coffee species threatened with extinction by Kate Kelland & Stuart McDill, Reuters, Jan 16, 2019
- Does talking to people about climate change make any difference? by Eve Andrews, Ask Umbra, Grist, Jan 16, 2019
- Why Antarctica’s sea ice cover is so low (and no, it’s not just about climate change) by Julie Arblaster, Gerald A. Meehl & Guomin Wang, The Conversation AU, Jan 17, 2019
- Not all environmentalists eat tofu: the hunters fighting climate change by Megan Mayhew Bergman, Climate Changed, Guardian, Jan 11, 2019
- ‘This is not controversial’: Bipartisan group of economists calls for carbon tax by Heather Long, Business, Washington Post, Jan 16, 2019
- 250,000 deaths a year from climate change is a 'conservative estimate,' research says by Jen Christensen, CNN, Jan 16, 2019
- EPA nominee Andrew Wheeler’s confirmation hearing was all about climate change by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 26, 2019
Fri Jan 18, 2019
- Our oceans broke heat records in 2018 and the consequences are catastrophic by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 17, 2019
- Climate change is 'no laughing matter', Fiji's PM Frank Bainimarama tells Australia during Scott Morrison's Pacific trip by Stephen Dziedzic & Erin Handley, ABC News, Jan 18, 2019
- Climate Change’s Giant Impact on the Economy: 4 Key Issues by Neil Irwin, Upshot, New York Times, Jan 17, 2019
- State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2018 by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Jan 17, 2019
- To curb climate change, we have to suck carbon from the sky. But how? by Craig Welch, Environment, National Geographic, Jan 17, 2019
- Australia swelters through record-breaking heatwave, BBC News, Jan 18, 2018
- U.S. State Dept says may ask Trump to scrap another Obama climate order by Timothy Gardner, Reuters, Jan 17, 2019
- "I'm Sure Dinosaurs Thought They Had Time, Too': Over 12,000 Students Strike in Brussels Demanding Bold Climate Action by Julia Conley, Common Dreams, Jan 17, 2019
Sat Jan 19, 2019
- Glaciers Are Retreating. Millions Rely on Their Water by Henry Fountain & Ben C Solomon, New York Times, Jan 16, 2019
- Brace for the Polar Vortex: It May Be Visiting More Often by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Climate, New York Times, Jan 18, 2019
- Some Arctic ground no longer freezing—even in winter by Craig Welch, Environment, National Geographic, Jan 17, 2019
- ‘It’s like hell here’: Australia bakes as record temperatures nudge 50C by Namaan Zhou, Observer/Guardian, Jan 19, 2019
- U.S. Military Report Warns Climate Change Threatens Key Bases by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Jan 18, 2019
- Europe’s Most Important River Is Running Dry by William Wilkes, Vanessa Dezem, & Brian Parkin, Bloomberg News, Jan 18, 2019
- The Green New Deal Hits Its First Major Snag by Robinson Meyer, Science, The Atlantic, Jan 18, 2019
- Climate Forecast: World Is “Sleepwalking into Catastrophe” by Anne C Mulkern, E&E News/Scientific American, Jan 17, 2019
from Skeptical Science http://bit.ly/2TaU6MI
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jan 13 through Sat, Jan 19, 2019
Editor's Pick
‘It’s like hell here’: Australia bakes as record temperatures nudge 50C
Fears rise for homeless and vulnerable people as communities brace for another week of relentless hot weather
A sign warns bathers of the extreme heat on Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia. Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images
It was 48.9C (120F) last Tuesday in Port Augusta, South Australia, an old harbour city that now harvests makes solar power. Michelle Coles, the owner of the local cinema, took off her shoes at night to test the concrete before letting the dogs out. “People tend to stay at home,” she said. “They don’t walk around when it’s like this.”
It’s easy to see why: in the middle of the day it takes seconds to blister a dog’s paw or child’s foot. In Mildura, in northern Victoria, last week gardeners burned their hands when they picked up their tools, which had been left in the sun at 46C. Fish were dying in the rivers.
Almost every day last week a new heat record was broken in Australia. They spread out, unrelenting, across the country, with records broken for all kinds of reasons – as if the statistics were finding an infinite series of ways to say that it was hot.
‘It’s like hell here’: Australia bakes as record temperatures nudge 50C by Namaan Zhou, Observer/Guardian, Jan 19, 2019
Links posted on Facebook
Sun Jan 13, 2019
- Air travel is surging. That’s a huge problem for the climate. by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 11, 2019
- China launches subsidy-free solar, wind power after project costs fall by Muyu Xu & David Stanway, Reuters, Jan 10, 2019
- China Is Set To Become The World's Renewable Energy Superpower, According To New Report by Dominic Dudley, Forbes, Jan 11, 2019
- New Victorian windfarm could provide 10% of state's energy by Lisa Cox, Australia, Guardian, Jan 12, 2018
- The Green New Deal’s Sudden Popularity Is A Reason For Climate Change Optimism, Opinion by Monica Medina & Miro Korenha, HuffPost, Jan 11, 2019
- Departing World Bank chief leaves climate job unfinished by Natalie Sauer, Climate Home, Jan 9, 2019
- Insurance and climate change by Nick Oldridge, Ecologist, Jan 11, 2019
- Climate Change Denial by Sarah & Jack M Gordon, Psychology Today, Jan 12, 2019
Mon Jan 14, 2019
- Climate change: focusing on how individuals can help is very convenient for corporations by Morten Fibieger Byskov, The Conversation Uk, Jan 10, 2019
- Who should be 2019’s climate champion? by Thomas Hale, Climate Home, Jan 11, 2019
- It’s Time to Talk About Ecological Grief by Michaela Cavanagh, Undark, Jan 10, 2019
- Which Kills More People: Extreme Heat or Extreme Cold? by Jeff Masters, Category 6, Weather Underground, Jan 11, 2019
- President Trump can't stop U.S. coal plants from retiring by Scott DiSavino, Reuters, Jan 14, 2019
- How to Convince a Conservative That Climate Change is Real by Tom Jacobs, Environment, Pacific Standard, Jan 14, 2019
- Defeated twice, a top climate change crusader has a wake-up call some Democrats won't want to hear by Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, Jan 13, 2019
- Ice loss from Antarctica has sextupled since the 1970s, new research finds by Chris Mooney & Brady Dennis, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 14, 2019
Tue Jan 15, 2019
- How climate activists avoid burn out by Nick Breeze, Ecologist, Jan 11, 2019
- Australia swelters through 'Code Red' heatwave as temperatures soar, AAP/SBS News, Jan 14, 2019
- Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’ by Damian Carrington, Environment, Guardian, Jan 15, 2019
- Are We Living Through Climate Change’s Worst-Case Scenario? by Robinson Meyer, Science, The Atlantic, Jan 15, 2019
- Immediate fossil fuel phaseout could arrest climate change – study by Damian Carrington, Environment, Guardian, Jan 15, 2019
- Climate Change Is Making Waves Stronger by Caroline Haskins, Motherboard, Jan 14, 2019
- How science fiction helps readers understand climate change by Diego Arguedas Ortiz, BBC, Jan 15, 2019
- Colorado Court: Oil, Gas Drilling Decisions Can't Hinge on Public Health by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Jan 15, 2019
Wed Jan 16, 2019
- Australia could hit 100% renewables sooner than most people think, Opinion by Nicky Ison, Comment is Free, Guardian, Jan 13, 2019
- Banks increasing exposure to fossil fuels despite promises to fight climate change: report by Nassim Khadem, ABC News (Australia), Jan 16, 2019
- Rooted in research: A study looks at effects of climate change on a less visible matter by Ysabelle Kempe, Boston Globe, Jan 14, 2019
- The world's 15 hottest sites on Tuesday were all in Australia by Peter Hannam, Environment, Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 16, 2019
- Permafrost Is Warming Around the Globe, Study Shows. That's a Problem for Climate Change. by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Jan 16, 2019
- Here’s one fight the Green New Deal should avoid for now by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 16, 2019
- Some of the Biggest Green Groups Have Cold Feet Over the “Green New Deal” by Emily Atkin, The New Republic, Jan 15, 2019
- EPA nominee Andrew Wheeler’s confirmation hearing was all about climate change by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 16, 2019
Thu Jan 17, 2019
- Global tensions holding back climate change fight, says WEF by Larry Elliott, Environment, Guardian, Jan 16, 2019
- Many coffee species threatened with extinction by Kate Kelland & Stuart McDill, Reuters, Jan 16, 2019
- Does talking to people about climate change make any difference? by Eve Andrews, Ask Umbra, Grist, Jan 16, 2019
- Why Antarctica’s sea ice cover is so low (and no, it’s not just about climate change) by Julie Arblaster, Gerald A. Meehl & Guomin Wang, The Conversation AU, Jan 17, 2019
- Not all environmentalists eat tofu: the hunters fighting climate change by Megan Mayhew Bergman, Climate Changed, Guardian, Jan 11, 2019
- ‘This is not controversial’: Bipartisan group of economists calls for carbon tax by Heather Long, Business, Washington Post, Jan 16, 2019
- 250,000 deaths a year from climate change is a 'conservative estimate,' research says by Jen Christensen, CNN, Jan 16, 2019
- EPA nominee Andrew Wheeler’s confirmation hearing was all about climate change by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 26, 2019
Fri Jan 18, 2019
- Our oceans broke heat records in 2018 and the consequences are catastrophic by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Jan 17, 2019
- Climate change is 'no laughing matter', Fiji's PM Frank Bainimarama tells Australia during Scott Morrison's Pacific trip by Stephen Dziedzic & Erin Handley, ABC News, Jan 18, 2019
- Climate Change’s Giant Impact on the Economy: 4 Key Issues by Neil Irwin, Upshot, New York Times, Jan 17, 2019
- State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2018 by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Jan 17, 2019
- To curb climate change, we have to suck carbon from the sky. But how? by Craig Welch, Environment, National Geographic, Jan 17, 2019
- Australia swelters through record-breaking heatwave, BBC News, Jan 18, 2018
- U.S. State Dept says may ask Trump to scrap another Obama climate order by Timothy Gardner, Reuters, Jan 17, 2019
- "I'm Sure Dinosaurs Thought They Had Time, Too': Over 12,000 Students Strike in Brussels Demanding Bold Climate Action by Julia Conley, Common Dreams, Jan 17, 2019
Sat Jan 19, 2019
- Glaciers Are Retreating. Millions Rely on Their Water by Henry Fountain & Ben C Solomon, New York Times, Jan 16, 2019
- Brace for the Polar Vortex: It May Be Visiting More Often by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Climate, New York Times, Jan 18, 2019
- Some Arctic ground no longer freezing—even in winter by Craig Welch, Environment, National Geographic, Jan 17, 2019
- ‘It’s like hell here’: Australia bakes as record temperatures nudge 50C by Namaan Zhou, Observer/Guardian, Jan 19, 2019
- U.S. Military Report Warns Climate Change Threatens Key Bases by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Jan 18, 2019
- Europe’s Most Important River Is Running Dry by William Wilkes, Vanessa Dezem, & Brian Parkin, Bloomberg News, Jan 18, 2019
- The Green New Deal Hits Its First Major Snag by Robinson Meyer, Science, The Atlantic, Jan 18, 2019
- Climate Forecast: World Is “Sleepwalking into Catastrophe” by Anne C Mulkern, E&E News/Scientific American, Jan 17, 2019
from Skeptical Science http://bit.ly/2TaU6MI
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