2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #01

Posted on 4 January 2026 by BaerbelW, Doug Bostrom

A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, December 28, 2025 thru Sat, January 3, 2026.

Year 2025 Statistics

As this is the first news roundup of 2026 and we therefore have the complete year 2025 “in the can”, we thought that you might enjoy some stats about what we shared during the previous 12 months.

All told, we shared 1470 links from about 270 different outlets, the vast majority of which provided fewer than 10 links and the bulk of shares originated from just 25 different outlets. The Top10 are: The Guardian (190), Skeptical Science (164), Inside Climate News (108), Yale Climate Connections (67), Phys.org (63), Carbon Brief (58), New York Times (54), The Conversation (52), Grist (47), CNN (38), followed by The Climate Brink, The Washington Post, DeSmog, Climate Home News and NPR. Among the shares are also 53 links to Youtube videos from different creators like ClimateAdam, “Just have a think”, Dr Gilbz or Potholer54.

When looking at the categories we put most of the shared articles into Climate Change Impacts followed by – not too surprisingly! – Climate Policy and Politics and Climate Science and Research. Here is the full list for the 1470 articles shared:

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Change Impacts (9 articles)

• Australia makes list of 2025`s costliest climate events Sydney Morning Herald, Poppy Johnston, Dec 28, 2025.
• Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025 National Trust says these are ‘alarm signals we cannot ignore’ as climate breakdown puts pressure on wildlife The Guardian, Steven Morris, Dec 29, 2025.
• 2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say Phys.org, Alexa St. John, Dec 30, 2025.
• Climate change could cost businesses big time The total climate-related financial risks top $6 trillion at 4,000 of the world’s large companies. Yale Climate Connections, YCC Team, Dec 30, 2025.
• An Idaho Bird Research Station Rises From the Ashes of a Wildfire The Valley Fire torched Lucky Peak in the fall of 2024. Bird researchers there are channeling their grief into study of how avians respond to climate-driven blazes. Inside Climate News, William von Herff, Dec 31, 2025.
• Now in its 25th Year, a Historic Effort to Save the Everglades Evolves as the Climate Warms Everglades restoration was designed to replenish the drinking water supply in one of the fast-growing parts of the nation. The same effort may help save South Florida from climate change. Inside Climate News, Amy Green, Jan 01, 2026.
• Hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned… will nature reclaim the Alps? Dead ski resorts are undeniable evidence of our warming the planet, and another mess to clean up. Irish Examiner, Staff, Jan 01, 2026.
• A once-sparkling Alaskan river has turned a sickly orange color As permafrost melts, metals stored in rocks leach into the water, making it toxic for fish. Yale Climate Connections, YCC Team, Jan 01, 2026.
• Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK `visible signal` of climate breakdown New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies. World news The Guardian, Ajit Niranjan, Jan 02, 2026.