BeyondKONA: Climate

by cgould on April 20, 2021 at 7:27 pm

Happy Earth Day!We don’t know about you, but we feel so full of hope today, seeing the world coming together on this day of action for our planet. […]

by Olivia Rosane on April 20, 2021 at 5:48 pm

One of the silver linings of the coronavirus pandemic was the record drop in greenhouse gas emissions following national lockdowns. But that drop is set to all […]

by Common Dreams on April 20, 2021 at 4:32 pm

By Brett WilkinsIn the latest of a flurry of proposed Green New Deal legislation, Reps. Cori Bush and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday introduced the Green […]

by Emily Denny on April 20, 2021 at 3:04 pm

Americans are most worried about water quality compared to other environmental issues, a new Gallup survey finds.The survey compared six environmental […]

by Rachel Cleetus on April 20, 2021 at 2:04 pm

Business as usual is broken. It’s killing people, species and ecosystems, and jeopardizing the future. It’s wreaking disproportionate harm on […]

by The Conversation on April 20, 2021 at 2:00 pm

By Aaron P DavisThe world loves coffee. More precisely, it loves arabica coffee. From the smell of its freshly ground beans through to the very last sip, […]

on April 19, 2021 at 6:51 pm

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Peter Sinclair This edition of Yale Climate Connections’ “This Is Not Cool” video […]

by Olivia Rosane on April 19, 2021 at 6:00 pm

On Thursday, April 22, the world will celebrate Earth Day, the largest non-religious holiday on the globe. This Earth Day falls at a critical turning point. It […]

by Olivia Rosane on April 19, 2021 at 4:45 pm

NASA is teaming up with an innovative non-profit to hunt for greenhouse gas super-emitters responsible for the climate crisis. Super-emitters are individual […]

by Carbon Brief on April 19, 2021 at 2:58 pm

By Ayesha TandonNew research shows that lake "stratification periods" – a seasonal separation of water into layers – will last longer in a warmer […]

by The Conversation on April 19, 2021 at 2:45 pm

By Robert Glennon Interstate water disputes are as American as apple pie. States often think a neighboring state is using more than its fair share from a […]

by ipacha on April 19, 2021 at 2:00 pm

The climate crisis is a threat to human health all around the world.From dangerous prolonged heat waves and powerful extreme weather events to devastating […]

by Climate Nexus on April 19, 2021 at 1:46 pm

Plugging and capping abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells in Central Appalachia could generate thousands of jobs for the workers and region who stand to […]

on April 18, 2021 at 8:42 am

Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Apr 11, 2021 through Sat, Apr 17, 2021 Not having had a […]

by Teen Vogue on April 17, 2021 at 7:21 pm

By Alexandria VillaseñorThis story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.My […]

by Common Dreams on April 17, 2021 at 3:18 pm

By Jessica CorbettAs the Biden administration reviews the U.S. government's federal fossil fuels program and faces pressure to block any new dirty energy […]

by Olivia Rosane on April 16, 2021 at 6:22 pm

Next week marks the second Earth Day of the coronavirus pandemic. While a year of lockdowns and travel restrictions has limited our ability to explore the […]

by Yale Climate Connections on April 16, 2021 at 4:58 pm

By Michael SvobodaFor April's bookshelf we take a cue from Earth Day and step back to look at the bigger picture. It wasn't climate change that motivated […]

by Olivia Rosane on April 16, 2021 at 4:27 pm

Scientists at the University of Purdue have developed the whitest and coolest paint on record. Painting buildings white to help cool down cities has long been […]

by Climate Nexus on April 16, 2021 at 3:23 pm

Less than three years after California governor Jerry Brown said the state would launch "our own damn satellite" to track pollution in the face of the Trump […]

by Rolling Stone on April 16, 2021 at 3:18 pm

By Jeff GoodellThe Earth's climate has always been a work in progress. In the 4.5 billion years the planet has been spinning around the sun, ice ages have come […]

by Common Dreams on April 16, 2021 at 2:10 pm

By Julia ConleyEcologists and environmental advocates on Thursday called for swift action to reintroduce species into the wild as scientists at the University […]

by Olivia Rosane on April 15, 2021 at 6:35 pm

Google Earth's latest feature allows you to watch the climate change in four dimensions.The new feature, called Timelapse, is the biggest update to Google […]

by Olivia Rosane on April 15, 2021 at 5:19 pm

A new report promoting urgent climate action in Australia has stirred debate for claiming that global temperatures will rise past 1.5 degrees Celsius in the […]

by Climate Nexus on April 15, 2021 at 4:55 pm

French winemakers are facing devastating grape loss from the worst frost in decades, preceded by unusually warm temperatures, highlighting the dangers to the […]

by Emily Denny on April 15, 2021 at 4:18 pm

Climate change could make it harder to find a good cup of coffee, new research finds. A changing climate might shrink suitable areas for specialty coffee […]

by Deutsche Welle on April 15, 2021 at 2:32 pm

By Suzanne CordsOne day Lizzie, the first-person narrator of the novel, receives an old book as a gift, with a dedication wishing the reader to be among the […]

by Common Dreams on April 15, 2021 at 2:28 pm

By Jake JohnsonA federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt the final blow to former President Donald Trump's attempt to open nearly 130 million acres of territory […]

by Climate Nexus on April 15, 2021 at 1:40 pm

By 2035, every new car and truck sold in the U.S. could be an EV, a new report says. Accelerations in technology and especially battery affordability, paired […]

on April 15, 2021 at 5:59 am

Just like last year, this year's General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) will happen virtually instead of in person in Vienna. Contrary […]

by Olivia Rosane on April 14, 2021 at 6:58 pm

A weather research station on a bluff overlooking the sea is closing down because of the climate crisis. The National Weather Service (NWS) station in Chatham, […]

by World Economic Forum on April 14, 2021 at 6:53 pm

By Douglas BroomIf online deliveries continue with fossil-fuel trucks, emissions will increase by a third.So cities in the Netherlands will allow only […]

by Olivia Rosane on April 14, 2021 at 5:13 pm

A bill that would have banned fracking in California died in committee Tuesday. The bill, SB467, would have prohibited fracking and other controversial forms […]

by Jonna Hamilton on April 14, 2021 at 3:55 pm

President Biden recently unveiled his American Jobs Plan— a two trillion-dollar package with significant investments in infrastructure, advanced […]

by Common Dreams on April 14, 2021 at 3:54 pm

By Brett WilkinsAs world leaders prepare for this November's United Nations Climate Conference in Scotland, a new report from the Cambridge Sustainability […]

by Climate News Network on April 14, 2021 at 2:50 pm

By Paul BrownIt may come as a surprise to realize that a plant struggling for survival in a harsh environment is also doing its bit to save the planet from the […]

by Climate Nexus on April 14, 2021 at 2:09 pm

Climate change, activities that contribute to it, and dams pose grave threats to America's rivers, according to American Rivers. The annual report ranks the […]

on April 14, 2021 at 1:42 pm

Flying beneath the radar of guilt Fight or Flight: How Advertising for Air Travel Triggers Moral Disengagement (open access) by Stubenvoll & Neureiter […]

by ipacha on April 14, 2021 at 11:00 am

With the world growing warmer and each year breaking new heat records, urgent action to end the climate crisis cannot wait. It’s our responsibility to do […]

on April 13, 2021 at 8:19 pm

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters, PhD An above-average Atlantic hurricane season is likely in 2021, the Colorado State […]

by ipacha on April 13, 2021 at 6:58 pm

It’s hard to overstate the stakes leading up to this year’s COP 26 UN climate conference.When negotiators arrive – fingers crossed […]

by ipacha on April 12, 2021 at 2:30 pm

Latin America is one of the most hard-hit regions by climate change and one of the most diverse places on the planet.By attending the upcoming Climate […]

on April 11, 2021 at 5:52 am

Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Apr 4, 2021 through Sat, Apr 10, 2021 The big news - at […]

on April 9, 2021 at 7:31 pm

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Richard Richels, Henry Jacoby, Ben Santer, and Gary Yohe President Biden has expressed a commitment to […]

by ipacha on April 9, 2021 at 5:00 pm

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have made environmental justice a core tenet of their climate action plans. Last week, they took an […]

on April 8, 2021 at 10:25 pm

On November 25, 2020 Skeptical Science Inc. became a registered nonprofit organization and on March 17, 2021 our application to the U.S. Internal Revenue […]

on April 7, 2021 at 6:29 pm

Nature Climate Change celebrates 10 years of obfuscation The Nature Publishing Group (a prestige division of Springer Nature; think "Cadillac" in the General […]

by ipacha on April 7, 2021 at 5:00 pm

Have you ever asked yourself:“Do cold weather extremes disprove global warming?”“Are renewable energy resources really as cheap as […]

by Joel Clement on April 6, 2021 at 4:32 pm

Here are the specific near-term actions that the Interior Department can take at the leasing, permitting, and production stages of fossil fuel development on […]

by ipacha on April 6, 2021 at 1:00 pm

To build a winning coalition and beat the climate crisis, we need to understand and respond to how social inequities intersect with our movement. Only then […]