SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #04

Posted on 26 January 2025 by BaerbelW, Doug Bostrom

A listing of 23 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, January 19, 2025 thru Sat, January 25, 2025.

This week’s roundup is again published soleley by category. We are still interested in feedback to hone the categorization, so if you spot any clear misses and/or have suggestions for additional categories, please let us know in the comments. Thanks!

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Change Impacts

• Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home’ – and what it means to lose it   by Talia Fell and Codie Condos Distratis , The Conversation, Jan 16, 2025
• Greenland`s lakes are getting uglier-and fast  The transformation could be permanent. by Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, Jan 20, 2025
• The scariest thing about the LA fire   by Simon Clark, Youtube, Jan 21, 2025
• This scientist studies climate change. Then the Los Angeles fire destroyed his home   by Lauren Sommer, NPR Topics: Climate, Jan 23, 2025
• The planet had 58 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2024, the second-highest on record  The world endured three of its top-20 costliest disasters on record in 2024, its fifth-deadliest wildfire, and a record three heat waves that caused more than 1,000 deaths.  by Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Connections, Jan 24, 2025

Climate Policy and Politics

• Trump Targeted Scientists in His First Term. This Time, They’re Prepared.  Agencies and unions have put in place new guardrails designed to limit political interference in government research. by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Jan 17, 2025
• Trump unravels US climate agenda as he promises to `drill, baby, drill`  From declaring a “national energy emergency” to exiting the Paris Agreement, here is everything climate-related Trump did on Day 1. by Naveena Sadasivam, Grist, Jan 21, 2025
• Trump vows to `unleash` oil and gas drilling as he rolls back climate rules  President declares energy emergency, reiterates Paris withdrawal plan and overturns emissions standards by Dharna Noor, The Guardian, Jan 21, 2025
• Sabin Center`s Online Tracking Tools Monitor Government Actions on Climate Change   by Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, State of the Planet, Jan 22, 2025
• Explained: how Trump`s day one orders reveal a White House for big oil  From LNG to drilling in Alaska, here’s everything you need to know about Trump’s energy and climate executive orders by Oliver Milman and Dharna Noor, The Guardian, Jan 22, 2025
• After Trump`s pullback, Bloomberg promises to fill US funding gap to UN climate body  The announcement comes after Trump said the US should “immediately cease or revoke” any financial commitment made under the UNFCCC  by Matteo Civillini, Climate Home News, Jan 23, 2025
• Let’s not panic   by John Perona, Earthward, Jan 22, 2025
• Trump returns: Nine things to expect for the climate   by Jack Marley , The Conversation, Jan 23, 2025
• Undaunted  A champion for truth, science, and responsible stewardship by Jennifer Rubin, The Contrarian, Jan 24, 2025

Climate Science and Research

• At this remote outpost, Australians are racing to find the world`s oldest ice and unlock the secrets it holds  Bubbles of air trapped in ancient Antarctic ice, dating up to 2m years old, contain unknown information about Earth’s past climate by Donna Lu, The Guardian, Jan 19, 2025
• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #4 2025  A weekly survey of freshly published peer reviewed and government/NGO reports on human-caused climate change, and what we can do to fix this problem. by Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Skeptical Science, Jan 23, 2025

International Climate Conferences and Agreements

• US to withdraw from Paris agreement, expand drilling   by Issam Ahmed, Phys.org, Jan 20, 2025
• Brazil appoints veteran diplomat as Cop30 president for November summit  Climate negotiator André Aranha Corrêa do Lago given top job, bypassing Brazilian environment minister Marina Silva by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Jan 21, 2025
• The Kyoto climate treaty is hailed on stage but reality tells a different story  A gripping play in London’s West End tells how agreement of the first climate protocol in 1997 was a triumph, as scientists share new warnings about the scale of the crisis by Robin McKie, The Guardian, Jan 25, 2025

Public Misunderstandings about Climate Science

Public Misunderstandings about Climate Solutions

Miscellaneous (Other)