2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #43

Posted on 27 October 2024 by BaerbelW, Doug Bostrom, John Hartz

A listing of 30 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, October 20, 2024 thru Sat, October 26, 2024.

Story of the week

As an experiment, we asked Google’s Gemini for help categorizing the articles we shared during the week. The result is the bullet list below and we’d like to know how useful that kind of generated summary is for you, so please let us know in the comments!

Here are the main topics extracted from the articles, along with their publishing outlets:

Climate Change and its Impacts:

• Global warming and its effects on weather patterns, ecosystems, and human health (The Guardian, New York Times, Vox, Yale Climate Connections, MIT News, The Independent (UK), CNN)
• Extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, floods, droughts, and wildfires (The Guardian, New York Times, Vox, Yale Climate Connections, MIT News, The Independent (UK), CNN)
• Ocean acidification and marine ecosystem degradation (The Guardian, CNN)
• Impact on human activities, including agriculture, tourism, and infrastructure (The Guardian, MIT News)
  

Climate Policy and Politics:

• Climate change denial and misinformation (The Guardian, USA Today, Skeptical Science)
• International climate agreements and negotiations (Inside Climate News, The Guardian)
• Climate policies and regulations in different countries (Washington Post, Inside Climate News, Grist)
• The role of political leaders and public opinion in addressing climate change (The Guardian, Grist)
  

Climate Solutions and Adaptation:

• Renewable energy and clean technologies (Inside Climate News)
• Carbon capture and storage (Inside Climate News)
• Climate adaptation strategies (Yale Climate Connections)
• Public awareness and education (Yale Climate Connections, The Guardian)
• Individual actions to reduce carbon footprint (The Guardian)
  

Scientific Research and Reporting:

• Latest climate science findings and research (The Guardian, New York Times, Vox, Yale Climate Connections, MIT News, The Independent (UK), CNN, Skeptical Science)
• Climate modeling and projections (The Guardian, MIT News)
• Data analysis and visualization (Skeptical Science)
• Media coverage of climate change (The Guardian, USA Today, Vox, Yale Climate Connections, MIT News, The Independent (UK), CNN)

Stories we promoted this week, by publication date:

Before October 20

• Trump has vowed to gut climate rules. Oil lobbyists have a plan ready., Business, Washington Post, Evan Halper & Josh Dawsey. “As companies fall short on methane emission reductions, a top trade group has crafted a road map for dismantling key Biden administration rules.”
• What happens to the world if forests stop absorbing carbon? Ask Finland, The Age of Extinction, Environment, The Guardian, Patrick Greenfield. “Natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland’s ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035. But now, the land has started emitting more greenhouse gases than it stores”
• Election Throws Uncertainty Onto Biden’s Signature Climate Law, Clean Energy, Inside Climate News, Nicholas Kusnetz. “The Inflation Reduction Act was enacted in a hyper-partisan environment, but it has gained support among Republicans. Will its emissions-cutting programs endure?”
• Kamala Harris urged to flesh out climate plan amid warnings about Trump, US News, The Guardian, Dharna Noor & Oliver Milman. “Democratic presidential nominee has raised alarm about Trump’s plans but has not said much about her own”
• Overwhelming majority of young Americans worry about climate crisis, Environment, The Guardian, Jessica Glenza. “Survey of young people aged 16-25 from all US states shows concerns across political spectrum”
• Trump’s campaign leans on climate change denial: Six misleading claims debunked, USA Today, Kate S. Petersen.
• An Alarming Glimpse Into a Future of Historic Droughts, World, New York Times, Julie Turkewitz, Ana Ionova & José María León Cabrera. “Record dry conditions in South America have led to wildfires, power cuts and water rationing. The world’s largest river system, the Amazon, which sustains some 30 million people across eight countries, is drying up.”
• Is climate change really making hurricanes worse?, Climate, Vox, Umair Irfan. “What we know — and don’t know — about how global warming influences tropical storms.”
• Atmospheric Scientist Tackles Climate Change Misinformation On LinkedIn, ATM News, Grant Hawkins. Dr. Gunnar Schade and students in his class collaborated with misinformation researchers at Ripple Research for a deep dive into climate change misinformation circulating on LinkedIn, a realm where the extent and impact of misinformation, which is surprisingly thriving, is largely unexplored.