2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #38

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Posted on 21 September 2025 by BaerbelW, John Hartz, Doug Bostrom

A listing of 23 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, September 14, 2025 thru Sat, September 20, 2025.

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Policy and Politics (5 articles)

• Ani Dasgupta talked to 100 climate experts. He came away optimistic.^[3] In his new book, ‘The New Global Possible,’ Dasgupta shares what he learned from talking with dozens of climate luminaries and how that can reshape how we think about climate action. Interview, Yale Climate Connections, Michael Svoboda, Sep 9, 2025.
• Climate impacts are real — denying this is self-defeating^[4] The US administration is attempting to undermine efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions. It will ultimately leave that country, and the world, worse off. Naturee, Editorial, Sept 10, 2025.
• Trump’s Energy Department disbands group that sowed doubt about climate change^[5] NPR Topics: Climate, Jeff Brady, Sep 13, 2025.
• National Academies Publish New Report Reviewing Evidence for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare^[6] NAS, News Release, Sep 17, 2025.
• Q&A: Will China and the BRICS fill the ‘leadership gap’ on climate change?^[7] “Amid a rapidly fracturing geopolitical order, there have been growing calls for China to “step into [the] leadership gap” left by the US on climate change.” Policy, Carbon Brief, Anika Patel, Sep 18, 2025.

Climate Change Impacts (4 articles)

• Sea Surface Temperatures Hit 97.7 F: ‘One of the Highest’ Ever Recorded^[8] Newsweek, Jess Thomson, Aug 27, 2025.
• Millions of Australians at risk from rising sea levels and heat deaths to soar, national climate risk assessment report warns^[9] National climate risk assessment report finds heat-related deaths would surge 450% in Sydney if global heating surpasses 3C The Guardian, Dan Jervis-Bardy, Sep 15, 2025.
• Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment^[10] “From rising heat-related deaths to the environmental and economic cost of climate change, here’s what the landmark report warns” Environment, The Guardian, Graham Readfearn, Sep 15, 2025.
• The Atlantic’s remarkable 20-day quiet period finally ends^[11] “Tropical Storm Gabrielle in the central Atlantic is the basin’s first tropical cyclone since Tropical Storm Fernand dissipated on August 28.” Eye on the Storm, Yale Climate Connections, Jeff Masters & Bob Henson, Sep 17, 2025.

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (3 articles)

• Can the Nation’s Most Wind-Powered State Look to Solar?^[12] “Solar energy has been slow to get off the ground in Iowa. Utilities may finally be realizing its potential.” Inside Clean Energy, Inside Climate News,, Anika Jane Beamer, Sep 18, 2025.
• Plans Bloom for a Microforest in Princeton as New Jersey Residents Tackle Rising Heat^[13] “A trend in carefully planned super-charged plant growth is gaining interest in the United States as cities and towns battle rising temperatures and climate change.” Science, Inside Climate News, Emilie Lounsberry , Sep 18, 2025.
• Bill McKibben says cheap solar could topple Big Oil’s power^[14] “The veteran activist says that solar has finally scaled to the size of the climate crisis – and he’s organizing a nationwide “Sun Day” this weekend to promote clean energy.” Intrview’, Yzle Climstr, Michael Swoboda, Sep 18, 2025.

Climate Education and Communication (3 articles)

• New evidence for the Gateway (mis)Belief Model: Perceived consensus shapes climate beliefs^[15] PsyPost, Eric W. Dolan, Sept 11, 2025.
• The Debunking Handbook 2020 is now also available in a Basque translation!^[16] This is the 21st language of this important handbook. Skeptical Science, Laida Arbizu Agirre, Sept 15, 2025.
• Climate Activists Disrupt Fossil Fuel Executive at Harvard University Symposium^[17] “Protesters condemned Harvard’s decision to host Occidental Petroleum’s CEO during the school’s Climate Action Week.” Fossil Fuels, Inside Climate News, by Phil McKenna, Sep,19, 20205. 

Climate Science and Research (3 articles)

• An Arctic Researcher Explains Yedoma, the Permafrost Keeping the Planet Livable^[18] “Everybody on Earth is dependent on the boreal forest shielding this permafrost from thawing.” Living on Earth/Inside Climate News, Interview by Jenni Doering, Sep 13, 2025.
• Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in `grim` report^[19] They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news. Yale Climate Connections, Dana Nuccitelli, Sep 15, 2025.
• IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C^[20] “The world would not need to invest in new oil and gas projects if demand for the fuels fell in line with the 1.5C limit on global warming, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).” Oil & Gas, Carbon Brief, Simon Evans, Sep 16, 2025.

Health Aspects of Climate Change (2 articles)

Miscellaneous (2 articles)

• 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #37^[21] A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, September 7, 2025 thru Sat, September 13, 2025. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler, John Hartz & Doug Bostrom, Sep 14, 2025.
• Getting involved with Climate Science via crowdfunding and crowdsourcing^[22] This article was originally published in December 2016 and was updated on September 13, 2025 to add the new long-term Climate.us project as well as “Dr Gilbz” on Patreon. We also cleaned-up the overall list as some previously listed projects are no longer active. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler, Sep 19, 2025.

Public misunderstandings about climate science (1 article)

References

1. ^{^} Archives (skepticalscience.com)
2. ^{^} 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #38 (skepticalscience.com)
3. ^{^} Ani Dasgupta talked to 100 climate experts. He came away optimistic. (yaleclimateconnections.org)
4. ^{^} Climate impacts are real — denying this is self-defeating (www.nature.com)
5. ^{^} Trump’s Energy Department disbands group that sowed doubt about climate change (www.npr.org)
6. ^{^} National Academies Publish New Report Reviewing Evidence for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare (www.nationalacademies.org)
7. ^{^} Q&A: Will China and the BRICS fill the ‘leadership gap’ on climate change? (www.carbonbrief.org)
8. ^{^} Sea Surface Temperatures Hit 97.7 F: ‘One of the Highest’ Ever Recorded (www.newsweek.com)
9. ^{^} Millions of Australians at risk from rising sea levels and heat deaths to soar, national climate risk assessment report warns (www.theguardian.com)
10. ^{^} Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment (www.theguardian.com)
11. ^{^} The Atlantic’s remarkable 20-day quiet period finally ends (yaleclimateconnections.org)
12. ^{^} Can the Nation’s Most Wind-Powered State Look to Solar? (insideclimatenews.org)
13. ^{^} Plans Bloom for a Microforest in Princeton as New Jersey Residents Tackle Rising Heat (insideclimatenews.org)
14. ^{^} Bill McKibben says cheap solar could topple Big Oil’s power (yaleclimateconnections.org)
15. ^{^} New evidence for the Gateway (mis)Belief Model: Perceived consensus shapes climate beliefs (www.psypost.org)
16. ^{^} The Debunking Handbook 2020 is now also available in a Basque translation! (sks.to)
17. ^{^} Climate Activists Disrupt Fossil Fuel Executive at Harvard University Symposium (insideclimatenews.org)
18. ^{^} An Arctic Researcher Explains Yedoma, the Permafrost Keeping the Planet Livable (insideclimatenews.org)
19. ^{^} Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in `grim` report (yaleclimateconnections.org)
20. ^{^} IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C (www.carbonbrief.org)
21. ^{^} 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #37 (skepticalscience.com)
22. ^{^} Getting involved with Climate Science via crowdfunding and crowdsourcing (skepticalscience.com)
23. ^{^} this Google form (sks.to)
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26. ^{^} The Consensus Project Website (theconsensusproject.com)
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