2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #39

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Posted on 28 September 2025 by BaerbelW, John Hartz, Doug Bostrom

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.

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Change Impacts (7 articles)

Tens of thousands more people will die from wildfires in US over next 25 years, researchers say ^[3] “Western states will be most impacted overall, with the largest number of projected deaths in California” Cilmate, The independent, Julia Musto, Sep 19, 2025.
Hurricane Gabrielle makes a run for the Azores ^[4] “A hurricane watch is up, while two other Atlantic systems percolate, and far south China braces for Typhoon Ragasa.” Eye on the Storm, Yale Climate Connections, Bob Henson, Sep 23, 2025.
Super Typhoon Ragasa: 17 killed in Taiwan and Hong Kong battered as storm hits China ^[5] “Chinese businesses and schools shut and residents in high-rises ordered to evacuate as storm makes landfall on Guangdong coast” World, The Guardian, Amy Hawkins & Agencies, Sep 24, 2025.
Nearly 2 million evacuated as Ragasa slams into southern China, after killing at least 14 in Taiwan ^[6] CNN World, Jessie Yeung, Wayne Chang & Laura Sharman, Sep 25, 2025.
Tropical Storm Humberto could tangle with another developing storm, with high stakes for the US East Coast ^[7] CNN, Briana Waxman, Sep 25, 2025.
Hurricane Humberto strengthened into a rare Cat 5, but there’s another storm the US needs to watch ^[8] CNN Weather, Briana Waxman & Andrew Freedman, Sep 27, 2025.
State of climate change: How healthy is our planet?^[9] “Scientists say we’ve already exceeded seven of nine planetary boundaries contributing to Earth’s stability, life support and resilience. This poses a risk, but it’s not all bad news.” Deutsche Welle, Jeannette Cwienk, Sep 24, 20224.

Climate Policy and Politics (7 articles)

Australia has an Everest to climb if it wants to protect itself from climate catastrophe. But do we have the political resolve?^[10] “The National Adaptation Plan is only a small step towards a comprehensive strategy to build resilience into Australia’s economy” Opinion is Free, The Guardian, Opinion by Erwin Jackson, Sep16, 2025.
The Cartoon Villain’s Guide to Killing Climate Action ^[11] Why the DOE Climate Working Group report process is so opaque The Climate Brink, Andrew Dessler, Sep 18, 2025.
Despite congressional threat, National Academies releases new climate report ^[12] Things have changed since 2009: We’re more certain about the problems. Science – Ars Technica, John Timmer, Sep 19, 2025.
Judge deals Trump’s war on wind its first major setback ^[13] “The order comes amid a broader assault on renewable energy by the administration that threatens to leave the U.S. short of the power it needs.” Climate, The Washington Post, Jack Spring & Evan Halper, Sep 22, 2025.
‘I worry about the future of my daughter’: the ‘silent majority’ who care about the climate crisis ^[14] “Readers who are part of the 80-89% of the population who want to see climate action tell us their ideas on how to make their voices heard” Environment, The Guardian , Danielle Renwick, Sep 24, 2025.
US is violating human rights laws by backing fossil fuels, say young activists in new petition ^[15] “Petition says that US government’s protection of fossil fuel interests has put people in harm’s way” US News, The Guardian, Dharna Noor, Sep 24, 2025.
National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches ^[16] “Staffing cuts under the Trump administration mean forecasters are struggling to maintain normal operations.” Politics, The Washington Post, Hannah Natanson & Brady Dennis, Sep 27, 2025.

Public Misunderstandings about Climate Science (4 articles)

Fact brief – Has the IPCC overestimated climate change impacts?^[17] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change compiles the consensus of thousands of models, and many independent lines of research suggest its estimates were more conservative than what was subsequently observed. Skeptical Science, Sue Bin Park, Sep 23, 2025.
Trump delivers dumbest climate speech of all time ^[18] The president’s easily-debunked 10-minute climate tirade at the U.N. was so stupid and unoriginal, it was actually kind of funny. HEATED, Emily Atkin, Sep 24, 2025.
Tackling Climate Change Helps ‘Every Human on the Planet,’ Says Scientist ^[19] Newsweek, Gemma Watson, Sep 25, 2025.
News roundup: Scientists challenge misleading Department of Energy climate report ^[20] “The report received nearly 60,000 comments, some of which were written by climate scientists whose work was misrepresented.” News Roundup, Yale Climate Connections , SueEllen Campbell, Sep 25, 2025.

Miscellaneous (3 articles)

2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #38 ^[21] 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. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler, John Hartz & Doug Bostrom, Sep 21, 2025.
The Independent Climate 100 List 2025 ^[22] “Now in its second year, The Independent is proud to publish its list of the world’s leading environmentalists – marking the campaigners, change makers and innovators who are working to stop the damage caused by global warming” Climate Change, The Independent, TeStaffxt, Sep 21, 2025.
Is AI Throwing Climate Change Under the Bus?^[23] “The first installment in our special Climate Week video series.” Inside Climate Week, Inside Climate News , Staff, Sep 22, 2025.

Climate Law and Justice (2 articles)

Climate Science and Research (2 articles)

Health Aspects of Climate Change (1 article)

Climate Education and Communication (1 article)

If you happen upon high quality climate-science and/or climate-myth busting articles from reliable sources while surfing the web, please feel free to submit them via this Google form ^[24] so that we may share them widely. Thanks!

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