By Heidi Harley

science / science - 6 years ago

2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #44

Story of the Week... Toon of the Week... Quote of the Week... SkS in the News... SkS Spotlights... Coming Soon on SkS... Climate Feedback Reviews... SkS Week in Review... Poster of the Week... Story of the Week... Startling new research finds large buildup of heat in the oceans, suggesting a faste...

science / science - 6 years ago

Photos: the “awesomeness” of the International Space Station

American 18-year-olds voting for the first time on Nov. 6 will not have spent a day in their life without humans orbiting the Earth in space. The International Space Station’s first crew arrived in November 2000, and people have been there ever since. “I don’t think the public real...

science / science - 6 years ago

A Roman in a Modern Court

Yesterday I spent some time wondering how to explain the modern economy to an ancient Roman brought forward from the first millennium BCE. For now I’ll assume language isn’t a barrier, but not much more. Here’s my rough take: “There have been five really important things that...

science / science - 6 years ago

Coal-dependent Poland shifts on wind ahead of climate meeting

Restrictive legislation introduced by Poland's right-wing government in 2016 threw a spanner into the works for onshore wind energy, but the easing of some measures now promises to get the sector spinning. The change comes ahead of the COP24 World Climate Conference that opens December 2 in the sou...

science / science - 6 years ago

India minister turns on own party over killing of man-eating tiger

An Indian cabinet minister accused a party colleague Sunday of ordering the "ghastly murder" of a tiger and vowed legal action after the man-eating animal was shot in the country's west. The big cat blamed for killing more than a dozen people was shot dead Friday night after a months-long search, c...