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Water is at the heart of farmers’ struggle to survive in Benin
Water is at the heart of farmers’ struggle to survive in Benin

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Megan Valére Sosou Market gardening site of the Itchèléré de Itagui agricultural cooperative in Dassa-Zoumè (Image credit: Megan Valère Sossou) For the residents of Dassa-Zoumè, a city in the West African country of...

India makes a big bet on electric buses
India makes a big bet on electric buses

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sarah Spengeman People wait to board an electric bus in Pune, India. (Image credit: courtesy of ITDP) Public transportation riders in Pune, India, love the city’s new electric buses so much they will actually skip an...

At a glance – The difference between weather and climate
At a glance – The difference between weather and climate

On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal...

2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #16
2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #16

A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 14, 2024 thru Sat, April 20, 2024. Story of the week Our story of the week hinges on these words from the abstract of a fresh academic...

EGU2024 – An intense week of joining sessions virtually
EGU2024 – An intense week of joining sessions virtually

Note: this blog post has been put together over the course of the week I followed the happenings at the conference virtually. Should recordings of the Great Debates and possibly Union Symposia mentioned below, be released sometime after the conference ends, I'll...

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #16 2024
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #16 2024

Open access notables Glacial isostatic adjustment reduces past and future Arctic subsea permafrost, Creel et al., Nature Communications: Sea-level rise submerges terrestrial permafrost in the Arctic, turning it into subsea permafrost. Subsea permafrost underlies ~ 1.8...

How extreme was the Earth’s temperature in 2023
How extreme was the Earth’s temperature in 2023

This is a re-post from Andrew Dessler at the Climate Brink blog In 2023, the Earth reached temperature levels unprecedented in modern times. Given that, it’s reasonable to ask: What’s going on? There’s been lots of discussions by scientists about whether this is just...

At a glance – Is the science settled?
At a glance – Is the science settled?

On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal...

What is Mexico doing about climate change?
What is Mexico doing about climate change?

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The June general election in Mexico could mark a turning point in ensuring that the country’s climate policies better reflect the desire of its citizens to address the climate crisis, with both leading presidential...

2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #15
2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #15

A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 7, 2024 thru Sat, April 13, 2024. Story of the week Our story of the week is about adults in the room setting terms and conditions of good...