A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
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Seas Will Rise for 300 Years
And the longer it takes to reduce carbon emissions, the higher they will go
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It's a given of climate change that greenhouse gases emitted today will shape the world for future generations. But new research underscores just how long those effects will last.
A striking new study published yesterday in the journal Nature Communications suggests that sea-level rise—one of the biggest consequences of global warming—will still be happening 300 years from now, even if humans stop emitting greenhouse gases before the end of the current century.
What's more, the longer it takes to start reducing global emissions, the higher those future sea levels will be. The study suggests that for every additional five years it takes for emissions to peak and start falling—for instance, if emissions were to reach their maximum levels in the year 2030, as opposed to 2025—sea levels will rise an additional 8 inches by the year 2300.
Seas Will Rise for 300 Years by Chelsea Harvey, E&E News/Scientific American, Feb 21, 2018
Links posted on Facebook
Sun Feb 18, 2018
- Alaska's Bering Sea Lost a Third of Its Ice in Just 8 Days by Sabrina Shankman, InsideClimate News, Feb 17, 2018
- Acidification could leave oceans ‘uninhabitable’ for cold-water corals by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, Feb 12, 2018
- For Failing to Act on Climate Crisis, 13 Young Plaintiffs Just Sued the State of Washington by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, Feb 16, 2018
- We’re witnessing the fastest decline in Arctic sea ice in at least 1,500 years by Brian Resnick, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 16, 2018
- Small drones could be better for climate than delivery trucks, says study by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Feb 13, 2018
- Trump’s Science Advisor, Age 31, Has a Political Science Degree by Scott Waldman, Climate Wire/Scientific American, Feb 14, 2018
- Denying climate change spells doom for Louisiana's coast, Opinion by Bob Marshall, NOLA, Feb 18, 2018
- Carbon emissions from Amazon wildfires could ‘counteract’ deforestation decline by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, Feb 13, 2018
Mon Feb 19, 2018
- Salonga park sits on peatlands that scientists say could release massive quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere if disturbed by Aaron Ross, Reuters, Feb 13, 2018
- Animals with white winter camouflage could struggle to adapt to climate change by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, Feb 15, 2018
- Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon dropped 13 percent in 2017 by Yvette Sierra Praeli, Mongabay, Feb 16, 2018
- The story behind the satellite that Trump wants dead, Opinion by John Timmer, Ars Technica, Feb 13, 2018
- OECD says energy taxes in developed economies too low to fight climate change by Nina Chestney, Reuters, Feb 14, 2018
- 'First hint' of a puzzling change in Southern Ocean revealed by CSIRO by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 19, 2018
- Coal’s Continuing Decline, Opinion by Jeff Nesbitt, New York Times, Feb 19, 2018
- ‘It’s not fast enough. It’s not big enough. There’s not enough action.’ by Brady Dennis & Chris Mooney, Health Science, Washington Post, Feb 19, 2018
Tue Feb 20, 2018
- New research, February 5-11, 2018 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, Feb 16, 2018
- Pollen data shows humans reversed natural global cooling by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 98%, Guardian, Feb 19, 2018
- Two Unusual Tropical Cyclones Affect Australia and New Zealand by Jeff Masters, Category 6, Weather Underground, Jan 19, 2018
- Greenwashed Timber: How Sustainable Forest Certification Has Failed by Richard Conniff, Yale Environment 360, Feb 20, 2018
- Scientists Can Connect with Skeptics over Shared Risks of Climate Change by Becky Ham, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Feb 18, 2018
- The next five years will shape sea level rise for the next 300, study says by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 20, 2018
- What climate change means for glaciers, storms, fires, clouds and more by Adam Voiland, Earth Right Now, NASA's Earth Observatory, Feb 20, 2018
- Sloppy and careless': courts call out Trump blitzkrieg on environmental rules by Oliver Milman, Environment, Guardian, Feb 20, 2018
Wed Feb 21, 2018
- Broome smashes annual rainfall record in less than two months as Cyclone Kelvin caps big wet by Rebecca Dollery, ABC News (AU), Feb 20, 2018
- Singapore Budget 2018: Singapore's carbon tax to start at S$5 a tonne by Andrea Soh, Energy & Commodities, The Busines Times, Feb 20, 2018
- Climate Rulebook Likely Done This Year, With or Without U.S. by Jonathan Tirone, Climate Changed, Bloomberg News, Feb 19, 2018
- Fluctuating Rainfall Could Hurt Grazing Regions by Daniel Cusick, E&E News/Scientific American, Feb 20, 2018
- How Crushed Volcanic Rock in Farm Soil Could Help Slow Global Warming — and Boost Crops by Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News, Feb 20, 2018
- Arctic temperatures soar 45 degrees above normal, flooded by extremely mild air on all sides by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Feb 21, 2018
- Environmentalists Say They’re Averting Climate Disaster. Conservatives Say It’s Terrorism. by Alexander C. Kaufman, Environment, HuffPost, Feb 20, 2018
- Documents reveal UK push to water down EU biomass regulations by Arthur Neslen, Climate Home, Feb 21, 2018
Thu Feb 22, 2018
- Oilsands pollution on collision course with Canada's climate plan by Barry Saxifrage, National Observer, Feb 20, 2018
- 236 Mayors Urge EPA Not to Repeal U.S. Clean Power Plan by Sabrina Shankman, InsideClimate News, Feb 21, 2018
- How Six Americans Changed Their Minds About Global Warming by Livia Albeck-Ripka, Climate, New York Times, Feb 21, 2018
- East Coast Shatters Temperature Records, Offering Preview to a Warming World by Sabrina Shankman, Inside Climate News, Feb 21, 2018
- Standing Rock is everywhere: one year later by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Washington Post, Feb 22, 2018
- The evolution of a one-time climate 'skeptic' by Bud Ward, Yale Climate Connections, Feb 20, 2018
- The Facts About Trump’s Solar Tariffs – Who Gets Hurt? Who Gets Helped? by John Rogers, Union of Concerned Scientists, Feb 21, 2018
- Seven climate change myths that big oil continues to perpetuate by George Ferns, The Conversation UK, Feb 21, 2018
Fri Feb 23, 2018
- India in for harsh climate this year due to global warming, Hans India, Feb 22, 2018
- West Coast Wetlands Could Nearly Disappear in 100 Years by Chelsea Harvey, E&E News/Scientific American, Feb 22, 2018
- New category 6 may be added to cyclone classifications due to climate change by Leith Huffadine, Environment, Stuff.Co.NZ, Feb 22, 2018
- Why countries with biggest renewable reserves will become superpowers of tomorrow by Andrew Barron, Environment, The Independent, Feb 21, 2018
- It’s a steamy 80 degrees in New England. In February. That’s bad. by Eric Holthaus, Grist, Feb 21, 2018
- We Can’t Engineer Our Way Out of Climate Change, Opinion by Mark Buchanan, Climate Change, Bloomberg News, Feb 22, 2018
- What Land Will Be Underwater in 20 Years? Figuring It Out Could Be Lucrative by Brad Plumer, Climate, New York Tiems, Feb 23, 2018
- Crazy floods hit the Midwest when hardly anyone was looking by Kate Yoder, Grist, Feb 23, 2018
- Keystone XL Pipeline Ruling: Trump Administration Must Release Documents by Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News, Feb 22, 2018
Sat Feb 24, 2018
- New research, February 12-18, 2018 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, Feb 23, 2018
- How ‘enhanced weathering’ could slow climate change and boost crop yields, Guest Post by David Beerling & Stephen Long, Carbon Brief, Feb 19, 2018
- Trump Takes Aim at Obama-Era Rules on Methane Leaks and Gas Flaring by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Feb 23, 2018
- Could More Snow in Antarctica Slow Sea Level Rise? by Shannon Hall, Scientific American, Feb 23, 2018
- Seas Will Rise for 300 Years by Chelsea Harvey, E&E News/Scientific American, Feb 21, 2018
- Climate change could cause more severe droughts in ‘98% of European cities’ by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, Feb 21, 2018
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