Skeptical Science

The latest two fact briefs published in collaboration with Gigafact are closely related so we are sharing them in one go: Question 1: Is recent global warming part of a natural cycle? Answer: NO - While natural cycles explain some historical periods of climate change, the current one is due to human activity. [...] Fact brief: https://lnkd.in/eUfWeJQD Full rebuttal: https://lnkd.in/e2gsFcSe Question 2: Does manmade CO2 have any detectable fingerprint? Answer: YES - Atmospheric chemistry shows that humans are driving the recent CO2 increase. [...] Fact brief: https://lnkd.in/eQCdn5gj Full rebuttal: https://lnkd.in/ewqwgPUE Note: For content shared from our homepage the best place for discussions is the original article and not the thread on LinkedIn. This especially applies when it comes to climate science related posts because most of our team members who are writing content for our website are not active on LinkedIn. Comments are therefore closed. For more details, please see our comments policy at https://lnkd.in/e6USPMzf

Last week's #ClimateResearch collation includes "only" 99 reports by some 650 investigators. Bear in mind, that's output of -one- week, and at a bit less than 200 journals in our surveillance we're far from omniscient. Extra Intriguing/important: * The feasibility of reaching gigatonne scale CO2 storage by mid-century * Small reduction in land surface albedo due to solar panel expansion worldwide Keep your finger on the pulse of our climate future-- only a click away! https://lnkd.in/egFyYW43 #climate #climatescience

A new United Nations brief highlights how sea-level rise affects coastal flooding, focusing on major G20 cities and Pacific Small Island States. It warns that climate change threatens coastal communities' lives and livelihoods. Anders Levermann, PIK researcher, contributed to the report. The global sea level is rising at rates unprecedented in the last 3,000 years, according to the UN report that was issued by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The publication outlines that in many areas of the western tropical Pacific, sea level has risen approximately 10–15 cm, close to or nearly twice the global rate measured since 1993. https://lnkd.in/d9SfUKnC

Successfully dealing with climate change comes down to a matter of organized effort. Given the scale of the challenge we've created for ourselves and the conflicts of interest involved, collective wisdom as expressed in effective public policy is mandatory for a good outcome. But what's effective public policy? What should we voters be looking for, when deciding how and where to lend our support to governments remedying our climate problem? We don't have to guess. A paper in this week's collection of 218 research articles delves into exactly this question. ''Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades'' provides analysis that any voter can use when deciding where to spend a precious ballot. Other items of interest: * Arctic glacier snowline altitudes rise 150 m over the last 4 decades * A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change And a lot more needing only a couple of taps or clicks to access. https://lnkd.in/eAbQK9GC #climate #climatescience #climateresearch Note: For content shared from our homepage the best place for discussions is the original article and not the thread on LinkedIn. This especially applies when it comes to climate science related posts because most of our team members who are writing content for our website are not active on LinkedIn. Comments are therefore closed. For more details, please see our comments policy at https://lnkd.in/e6USPMzf

Extreme heat is hard to visualise 🔥 Our Climate Visuals project produced new guidance, in collaboration with Climate Resilience for All covering 9 recommendations on portraying extreme heat as the serious threat that it is: 1. Extreme heat is not fun. 2. Extreme heat is more than a weather story. 3. Focus on the most-affected. 4. Accurately portray risks and impacts for average people. 5. But also show interventions to reduce extreme heat risk. 6. Think about your audience. 7. Rethink when to shoot. 8. Build sources and seek access ahead of time. 9. Take care of yourself. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/emHSAq8d

Our latest fact brief published in collaboration with Gigafact answers the question "Is decreased cosmic ray activity driving global warming?" with "NO - Over 50 years of data has produced no evidence that cosmic rays are driving global warming. [...]" Follow the link to read the full - but short! - fact brief and its references! https://lnkd.in/eGNTXpmu Link to the full rebuttal the fact brief is related to: https://lnkd.in/ewWxMaGt Note: For content shared from our homepage the best place for discussions is the original article and not the thread on LinkedIn. This especially applies when it comes to climate science related posts because most of our team members who are writing content for our website are not active on LinkedIn. Comments are therefore closed. For more details, please see our comments policy at https://lnkd.in/e6USPMzf

Here's this week's scan of academic research on the sudden climate change we've caused, and how we're going to fix it. 142 articles in 66 journals, involving 808 researchers. Open access notables: * Rising temperatures lead to ocean suffocation, described in ''The ocean losing its breath under heatwaves.'' * Coastal flood barriers conquered by the ocean twice as often today as during the last 20 years of the 20th century, in ''Quantifying the Mean Sea Level, Tide, and Surge Contributions to Changing Coastal High Water Levels.'' * Don't invent or adopt terminology that isn't effective for important communications, as explored in ''Should we change the term we use for “climate change”? Evidence from a national U.S. terminology experiment.'' (we covered this earlier in the week via a Conversation article by this paper's lead author Wändi Bruine de Bruin) These are some of the shinier objects in the week's firehose of output. The nitty-gritty is in the mitigation and adaptation parts, where information is directly helpful to our own ability to steer the course of events-- by voting. Visit, learn! https://lnkd.in/ev44W75J #climatescience #climatechange #climateresearch

Our latest fact brief published in collaboration with Gigafact answers the question "Does CO2 correlate with global temperature long-term?" with "YES - While natural variations cause short-term ups and downs to the weather, CO2 and global temperatures move together long term. [...]" Follow the link to read the full - but short! - fact brief and its references! https://lnkd.in/e4Kt9gEr Link to the full rebuttal the fact brief is related to: https://sks.to/correlate Note: For content shared from our homepage the best place for discussions is the original article and not the thread on LinkedIn. This especially applies when it comes to climate science related posts because most of our team members who are writing content for our website are not active on LinkedIn. Comments are therefore closed. For more details, please see our comments policy at https://lnkd.in/e6USPMzf

Here's our weekly trawl of academic research investigating how we've yanked Earth's climate off course, and how we're going to get back on track-- if enough people pay attention to details. As well, an offering of select government and NGO reports touching on these matters. 134 articles from 60 journals this week plus 8 gov/NGO items, all available from one convenient launching point. ''Can we understand any of this work?'' Yes, we can! Especially in climate mitigation (the cutting edge of our salvation) there's much that can be learned, information to employed in civic duties such as --voting--. Highlights: * Climate Unscripted. The Reality of Climate Change and Sustainability Solutions in Unscripted TV * Absence of causality between seismic activity and global warming Go forth and learn! https://lnkd.in/eATmHm-c #climatescience #climateresearch

Our latest fact brief published in collaboration with Gigafact answers the question "Are carbon dioxide emissions from human activities enough to affect the climate?" with "YES - Neither land nor oceans have been able to adequately absorb the extra CO2 released by our fossil fuel burning, causing atmospheric CO2 to rise and affect our climate. [...]" Follow the link to read the full - but short! - fact brief and its references! https://lnkd.in/epJu8_wa Link to the full rebuttal the fact brief is related to: https://lnkd.in/ewvvj2kW Note: For content shared from our homepage the best place for discussions is the original article and not the thread on LinkedIn. Comments are therefore closed. For more details, please see our comments policy at https://lnkd.in/e6USPMzf