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2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #28
Posted on 13 July 2025 by BaerbelW, Doug Bostrom
A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, July 6, 2025 thru Sat, July 12, 2025.
Stories we promoted this week, by category:
Climate Change Impacts (6 articles)
- DeBriefed 4 July 2025: Trump `megabill` guts clean energy; Europe`s record heat; Scientists discuss `most worrying` tipping points Carbon Brief, Carbon Brief Staff, Jul 04, 2025.
- Devastating flash floods slam Texas Hill Country; Tropical Storm Chantal heads for Carolinas Yale Climate Connections, Jeff Masters and Bob Henson, Jul 05, 2025.
- Update on Texas flooding Andrew Dessler’s update on the flooding in Texas The Climate Brink, Andrew Dessler, Jul 07, 2025.
- Experts: Which climate tipping point is the most concerning? Last week, hundreds of scientists, policymakers and journalists flocked to the University of Exeter to attend an international conference on “tipping points”. Carbon Brief, Carbon Brief Staff, Jul 09, 2025.
- London heatwave killed 263 people – with climate crisis to blame for most, study says Study finds around 1,500 of the 2,300 estimated heat deaths in Europe during recent weeks were the result of the climate crisis The Independent News, Jabed Ahmed, Jul 09, 2025.
- I’m a Climate Scientist in Texas. Here’s What the Floods Tell Us Time, Katharine Hayhoe, July 10, 2025.
Climate Policy and Politics (6 articles)
- Chinese Chickens Coming to Roost for Climate Denying Republicans Peter Sinclair teases apart the illogic of the US administration’s attitude to energy modernization, and how it leads to a generous geopolitical gift. This is Not Cool, greenman3610, Jul 04, 2025.
- The “green” corporations funding anti-climate groups HEATED reached out to five companies with strong public climate commitments to find out why they’re still funding major climate policy obstructors. HEATED, Casey Quinlan, Jul 07, 2025.
- Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change The three scientists joined the administration after it dismissed hundreds of experts who were assessing how global warming is affecting the country. NYT, Maxine Joselow, Jul 08, 2025.
- Recipients of a U.S. Climate Science Fellowship Are Put on Unpaid Leave Researchers in the NOAA program were furloughed because funds to pay them were not available. NYT, Rebecca Dzombak, Jul 09, 2025.
- Abbott says megafloods are “just part of nature.” The fossil fuel industry disagrees. In leaked audio from a meeting last month, gas industry representatives acknowledged that extreme weather is getting wackier and more dangerous. HEATED, Emily Sanders, Jul 10, 2025.
- Trump officials axed an online portal for its key climate report. Read it in full here Guardian makes legally mandated gold standard report widely available after administration deleted website The Guardian, Oliver Milman, Jul 10, 2025.
Climate Science and Research (4 articles)
- Climate Change`s Fingerprints Came Early, a Thought Experiment Reveals Climate change left its signature on the atmosphere early in the industrial revolution, reveals a thought experiment investigation. Scientific American, Ben Santer, Susan Solomon, David W. J. Thompson & Qiang Fu, Jul 04, 2025.
- Mauna Loa Observatory captured the reality of climate change: The US plans to shut it down US President Donald Trump has decided to defund the oldest observatory monitoring CO2 in the atmosphere, as well as the widespread US greenhouse gas monitoring network and other climate measuring sites. The Conversation , Alex Gupta, Katrin Meissner, Timothy Raupach, Jul 05, 2025.
- What 500 Million years of Climate Clues mean for our future ClimateAdam on Youtube, Adam Levy, July 10, 2025.
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #28 2025 In this week’s edition, a refreshed survey indicates a broad, party-spanning disconnect between the American public and how the present US administration is in deep climate change denial. by Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack , Skeptical Science, Jul 10, 2025
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (4 articles)
- The Heat That Seared New York City`s Primary Voters Is Just One Impact of Global Warming on Elections Inside Climate News, Chad Small, Jul 04, 2025.
- Is There Still Time to Be Hopeful About the Climate? Scientists have long insisted that we can and must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees—and some still do, even as that grim milestone nears. New Yorker, Daniel A. Gross, Jul 09, 2025.
- Extreme heat is our future – European cities must adapt | Alexander Hurst Greenery, shade and swimming spots won’t solve the climate crisis, but they’re becoming ever more critical The Guardian, Alexander Hurst, Jul 09, 2025.
- How Can Regional Models Advance Climate Science? Elfatih Eltahir explains why we need more local and social data, like disease spread and population growth, to better predict and address climate-related challenges. Quanta Magazine, Janna Levin and Steven Strogatz, Jul 10, 2025.
Public Misunderstandings about Climate Science (3 articles)
- Fact brief – Is global warming just due to El Niño? Skeptical Science, Sue Bin Park, Jul 08, 2025.
- Can you trust climate information? How and why powerful players are misleading the public The Conversation, Klaus Bruhn Jensen & Semahat Ece Elbeyi , July 8, 2025.
- Jordan Peterson: “Capable of assessing data”, or gullibly misled? potholer54 on Youtube, Peter Hadfield, July 12, 2025.
Health Aspects of Climate Change (2 articles)
- Human-Caused Global Warming Spiked the Death Toll of Europe`s Early Summer Heatwave Researchers found that nearly two thirds of the estimated 2,300 heat deaths resulted from global heating intensified by fossil fuel emissions, but worry that officials undercount heat mortalities. Inside Climate News, Bob Berwyn, Jul 09, 2025.
- Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists Worst-case scenario of 4.3C of warming could result in fiftyfold rise in heat-related deaths, researchers say The Guardian, Anna Bawden, Jul 10, 2025.
Climate Education and Communication (1 article)
Miscellaneous (3 articles)
- New Handbook Aims to Protect Scientists From Autocratic Threats Scientists, experts say, need to help protect democracy, “the system of government in which science, health and humanity are most likely to thrive.” Inside Climate News, Bob Berwyn, July 4, 2025.
- Shetland Schoolchildren Study in Classrooms Sponsored by Norwegian Oil Giant Critics fear that Equinor’s latest UK education deal is aimed at quelling opposition to North Sea drilling. DeSmog, Ellen Ormesher, Jul 05, 2025.
- 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #27 A listing of 27 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, June 29, 2025 thru Sat, July 5, 2025. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler and Doug Bostrom, Jul 06, 2025.
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