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Fossil fuel pollution’s effect on oceans comes with huge costs » Yale Climate Connections A new study details the vast price society is paying for burning coal, oil, and gas.

A new paper led by @bbastien.bsky.social estimates that accounting for climate pollution's impact on the oceans via the one-two punch of warming & acidification nearly doubles the social cost of carbon (which the Trump EPA thinks is $0). My new @climateconnections.bsky.social article & 🧵 (1/8):

New Website - Helping with translations Why we need your help On the current website, the setup for translations was created when there was only one rebuttal version in English. The three rebuttal levels were introduced later but translati...

If the tasks described in the blog post are up your alley, please let us know by filling out this Google form: forms.gle/BtkdGfCaDZCR...

Here is the list of languages we'll need help with: Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Thai.

Illustrative image to go along with our call for help to get rebuttal translations prepared for our website relaunch. Shown are screenshots from the new website as well as information about the impacted languages.

❓Are you multi-lingual and would like to help us get our translated content in good shape for the planned relaunch of Skeptical Science we are currently working towards?

If your answer is yes, please check out this blog post to find out more:
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Composite image showing some of the activities happening at Skeptical Science during 2025: new languages for the Cranky Uncle game, visiting the EGU conference, publications by team members, weekly research posts, the Cranky Uncle vaccine game, more than 50 published fact briefs, 33 highlighted rebuttals to renewable energy myths and a sneak-peek at the website relaunch.

Year after year it's rather surprising to see how much there is to put into these annual review articles for our activities at Skeptical Science and 2025 is certainly no exception to this "rule"!

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Five ways Joe Rogan misleads listeners about climate change  » Yale Climate Connections Rogan exposes millions to climate denial. Let’s break down his tactics.

Joe Rogan has one of the world's most popular podcasts. Unfortunately, like nearly all of the most popular online shows, his tends to spread climate misinformation. For @climateconnections.bsky.social I scrutinize his recent episode with octogenarian climate contrarians Lindzen & Happer 🧵 (1/11)

Rebecca Lindsey, the Climate.us Project Director, wearing a white long-sleeve shirt and denim overalls standing outdoors near a white fence with greenery and trees in the background. The photo is framed in a red box that reads TIME100 Climate 2025.

The 2025 #TIME100Climate list is out! We are thrilled to share that Rebecca Lindsey, our project director, is part of this group: (link)

This list recognizes the 100 most innovative leaders driving business climate action in 2025.
See the full list: time.com/collections/time-100-climate-2025/

Screenshot of the full list of published fact briefs - sks.to/gfb

You can find the full list of all published fact briefs here sks.to/gfb

Composite image showing thumbnails of fact briefs #41 to 50 published in collaboration with Gigafact.

"Are humans responsible for climate change?" recently became fact brief #50 published in collaboration with @gigafactproject.bsky.social and this milestone gave @baerbelw.bsky.social a reason to write a short blog post about the current status of this project:
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It is International Day of Climate Action.

Facts. Science. Action. Understanding the facts is the first step toward taking climate action. At Climate.us, facts come first.

Take action to support a trusted platform for climate facts by donating today.
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With climate change data disappearing, former NOAA scientists strike back SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The Elkhart River in Goshen resembles a serene stream these days, thanks to michiana's drought.

ABC did a fantastic job covering why our mission to keep climate information freely available MATTERS. Watch the video and read story: https://www.abc57.com/news/with-climate-change-data-disappearing-former-noaa-scientists-strike-back

New Book - Climate Obstruction: A global Assessment Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment is a new book from Brown University’s global Climate Social Science Network, for which a team of more than 100 scholars explored who’s blocking action on clima...

See @skepticalscience.bsky.social's shout out on our book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment - skepticalscience.com/new-book-cli...

The book is out now open access on our website here:
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Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.

Proud to have contributed to the blockbuster new volume Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment, documenting the many, many ways that corporations & orgs try to block climate action. Comprehensive, global in scope, authors from all over the world & the ebook version is FREE cssn.org/news-researc...

Did you see that we resurrected the Fifth National Climate Assessment this week!?

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Fact: The scientific consensus on climate change is strong, with over 97% of climate scientists agreeing that human activities are the primary driver of global warming.

In the 1st half of 2025, @climate.noaa.gov 's staff were terminated, shutting down daily operations.

Now, former members have joined w/ nonprofit partners to launch Climate.us, where climate info can be safeguarded from politics.

Check out our website and join the effort today.

Screenshot of our latest fact brief: Q: "Is global warming actually happening?" A: "Yes - Multiple indicators show Earth is warming rapidly. [...]" https://sks.to/gfb-warming

Our latest fact brief:

Q: "Is global warming actually happening?"

A: "Yes - Multiple indicators show Earth is warming rapidly. [...]"

sks.to/gfb-warming?...

All fact briefs sks.to/gfb?utm-sour...

EXCITING NEWS!
The Climate.us page has officially launched.

Here you will be able to read more about us, our plan, updates, see what real people are saying, view our news coverage, and of course find ways to take action.

We look forward to your continued support.

Forbes article about climate.us

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Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, set to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission

“This is information that the taxpayers have already paid for,” said @relindsey.bsky.social. “This administration is trying to hide it and take it away from us. It’s an abuse of government. It’s a waste of resources. People should be indignant.”

Meet @climate.us:
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Notice of Availability: A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) seeks public comment on the draft report produced by DOE's Climate Working Group (CWG), titled "A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emi...

If you'd like to offer comments on the misleading & error-ridden US federal report, "Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate," the link to do so is below.

Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.

Sea Level Mis-information from DOE Here in the USA, the Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a report titled “A Critical Review of the Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate.” It is a product of the &#8…

Is sea level around the US accelerating? If you actually do the analysis, instead of just repeating talking points from decades ago, the answer is yes.
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Screenshot of our latest fact brief: Q: "Are human CO2 emissions driving current global warming?" A: "Yes - While many natural factors influence Earth’s climate, human emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide are driving today’s global warming. [...]" https://sks.to/gfb-driver

Our latest fact brief:

Q: "Are human CO2 emissions driving current global warming?"

A: "Yes - While many natural factors influence Earth’s climate, human emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide are driving today’s global warming. [...]"

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All fact briefs sks.to/gfb

Text from the 1990 global change research act (see link above).

The US Global Change Research Program's website, including all its sub-domains that host the National Climate Assessments and related reports, is now offline.

The 1990 Global Change Research Act (see below) mandates its research findings be available to all federal agencies & departments.

Screenshot of the partial list of Sabin rebuttals showing the first 7 of them all related to solar energy myths.

Since publication, some of the rebuttals have already been updated based on feedback received & 66 links leading to US-government sources in the references were replaced by permanently archived links to avoid link-rot for them if websites are moved or vanish.

All rebuttals: sks.to/sabin33-rebu...

Screenshot of a slide showing composite images of German fact brief and Sabin rebuttal translations.

On top of this collaboration with the Sabin team, German translations of all the rebuttals were created by a class at the Institute for translations at the University Heidelberg. These translations are all available via sks.to/sabin33-rebu...

Creating the rebuttals based on Sabin's report proved to be more complex and timeconsuming than initially thought as it for example entailed reformatting and adapting the ~460 references to our needs and to add many of them to our glossary.