2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #40

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Posted on 5 October 2025 by BaerbelW, John Hartz, Doug Bostrom

A listing of 25 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, September 28, 2025 thru Sat, October 4, 2025.

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Change Impacts (6 articles)

“This Heat Killed Six Football Fields Of Ice”: Swedish Glaciers Gone In One Summer While Earth’s Temperature Breaks All Records ^[3] “The unprecedented disappearance of eight glaciers in Sweden’s Kebnekaise mountain range highlights the urgent and tangible impacts of global warming, prompting renewed calls for international action to combat climate change.” Climate, The Sustainability-, Rosemary Potter, Sep 26, 2025.
Giant trees of the Amazon get taller as forests fatten up on carbon dioxide ^[4] We’re not seeing signs of them dying off,” one of the study’s lead authors told NBC News. “They are increasing in size and number as well.” Climate in Crises, NBC News, Freddie Clayton, sep 27, 2025.
Imelda and Humberto deliver double threat — dangerous surf and coastal flooding for US, back-to-back hurricanes for Bermuda ^[5] CNN Weather, Briana Waxman, Sep 29, 2025.
Climate change and pollution threaten Europe’s resources, EU warns ^[6] Sustainability, Reuters, Bart Meijer, Sep 29, 2025.
New Study Shows Disruption of Ocean Currents That Stabilize the Global Climate ^[7] Clam shell growth rings contain clues about the looming potential for a tipping point into climate collapse. Inside Climate News, Bob Berwyn, Oct 03, 2025.
A new tropical disturbance could bring days of heavy rain to Florida ^[8] Localized rain totals could exceed a foot in parts of Florida, and there’s even the chance for a tornado or two. Weather, The Washington Post, Matthew Cappucci & Ben Noll, Oct 3, 2025.

Climate Policy and Politics (6 articles)

Energy Dept. adds `climate change` and `emissions` to banned words list ^[9] It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change. Energy , Zack Colman, Sep 28, 2025.
‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal ^[10] “The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.” Climate, The New York Times, Brad Plumer & Lisa Friedman, Sep 29, 2025.
Government Shutdown Threatens Further Destruction of Environment and Science Agencies, Advocates Warn ^[11] “Although Congress has passed bipartisan funding bills that maintain science funding for specific agencies, the president and the director of the budget office have described plans for layoffs that could thwart those efforts.” Politics, Inside Climate News, Dylan Baddour & Marianne Lavelle, Sep 30, 2025.
News Corp embraces fantasy genre by turning climate crisis into ‘laughable’ science fiction ^[12] “The National Climate Risk Assessment is attacked in the Daily Telegraph, while wind turbines became a frightening obstacle for firefighting planes and solar panels a source of mountains of landfill waste” Comment is Free, The Guardian, Opinion by Graham Readfearn, Sep 30, 2025.
Despite the Trump Administration`s Best Efforts to Suppress It, Climate Science Is Alive and Well Online ^[13] Hundreds of scientists worldwide are collaborating to combat misinformation by making accurate climate information widely available to the public. Inside Climate News, Bob Berwyn, Oct 01, 2025.
Trump officials cancel $7.6 billion in clean energy projects ^[14] “The cuts are the latest in the administration’s efforts to undercut renewable energy and other efforts to decrease the emissions driving climate change.” Climate, The Washington PoST, Nicolás Rivero & Jake Spring, Oct 2, 2025.

Miscellaneous (4 articles)

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #39 2025 ^[15] A listing of 27 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, September 21, 2025 thru Sat, September 27, 2025. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler, John Hartz & Doug Bostrom, Sep 25, 2025.
China Finds Ingenious Solution for Its Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades ^[16] “Researchers argue that retired or damaged wind turbine blades could be reurposed into durable sand barriers.” Physics & Chemistry, Gizmodo, Margherita Bassi, Sep 28, 2025.
News Corp embraces fantasy genre by turning climate crisis into `laughable` science fiction | Temperature Check ^[17] The National Climate Risk Assessment is attacked in the Daily Telegraph, while wind turbines became a frightening obstacle for firefighting planes and solar panels a source of mountains of landfill waste The Guardian, Graham Readfearn, Oct 01, 2025.
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91 ^[18] “Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour” Science, The Guardian, Matty Edwards, Oct 1, 2025.

Public Misunderstandings about Climate Science (3 articles)

Climate Education and Communication (2 articles)

Climate Law and Justice (2 articles)

Health Aspects of Climate Change (1 article)

Climate Mitigation and Adaptation (1 article)

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