2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #43

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Posted on 26 October 2025 by BaerbelW, Doug Bostrom

A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, October 19, 2025 thru Sat, October 25, 2025.

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Policy and Politics (8 articles)

• DeBriefed: Earth`s first `tipping point`; Climate adviser interview; How warming affects children`s health^[3] For those interested in keeping up with policy details of our climate blunder and how we’re going to deal with it, we recommend Carbon Brief’s weekly “Debrief” feature. Carbon Brief, Emma Hancox, Oct 17, 2025.
• US-led alliance wins a year`s delay in adoption of green shipping deal<sup>[4]</sup> A landmark deal to clean up the global shipping industry’s emissions has been postponed for at least a year, after a successful campaign by the US and Saudi Arabia to delay its adoption. Climate Home News, Joe Lo, Oct 17, 2025.
• Corporate Climate Disclosures in the US and EU: An Expanding Regulatory Landscape Amidst Resistance<sup>[5]</sup> Climate Law Blog, Pedro Aranguez Diaz, Oct 20, 2025.
• Climate-Warming Methane Emissions from the World`s Biggest Livestock Companies Are Bigger Than From Major Oil and Gas Companies^[6] Ahead of the United Nations climate talks in Brazil, advocacy groups are pushing for companies and governments to set meaningful emissions targets to lower emissions from livestock. Inside Climate News, Georgina Gustin, Oct 21, 2025.
• With climate change data disappearing, former NOAA scientists strike back^[7] ABC News, David Caulfield, Oct 21, 2025.
• The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.^[8] After the Trump administration threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future. Grist, Naveena Sadasivam, Oct 23, 2025.
• Trump knows climate change is real – that’s why he wants to mine Greenland^[9] “Not only does Trump know climate change is real, he’s banking on it.” TheHill, Allison Agsten, Oct 24, 2025.
• We led NOAA – we expect Neil Jacobs to defend it^[10] TheHill, Jane Lubchenco, Kathryn Sullivan and Richard Spinrad, opinion contributors, Oct 24, 2025.

Climate Change Impacts (7 articles)

• World`s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds^[11] Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb carbon dioxide The Guardian, Jonathan Watts, Oct 17, 2025.
• Europe’s climate is changing fast: How it’s affecting people and the economy^[12] The Conversation, Rosemary Anthony , Oct 20, 2025.
• Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows^[13] LA wildfires and storms this year cost $101bn, new study by non-profit resurrecting work axed by Trump says The Guardian, Oliver Milman, and graphics by Andrew Witherspoon, Oct 22, 2025.
• This is a dangerous new climate reality^[14] Dr Gilbz on Youtube, Ella Gilbert, Oct 22, 2025.
• Researchers warn of the urgent need to include the cumulative effects of extreme climate events in penguin conservation^[15] Phys.org, Spanish National Research Council, Oct 23, 2025.
• Don’t bet against physics^[16] Don’t be surprised by short term fluctuations in Earth systems as the planet warms. In the long term, heat is hard to overcome. ReportEarth, Chris Mooney, Oct 23, 2025.
• Can the Deadliest Catch crab fishery survive warming seas?^[17] Warmer waters in the Bering Sea caused snow crabs to crash. Now, scientists are racing to predict the future of the lucrative fishery Science, Warren Cornwall, Oct 23, 2025.

Climate Science and Research (4 articles)

• Science news this week: Revived permafrost microbes spew CO2, scientists image object ‘moving’ at 99.9% the speed of light, and James Webb telescope spots something exciting blasting from black hole M87*^[18] Microbes reactivated after lying frozen in the Alaskan permafrost for up to 40,000 years commence to churning out carbon dioxide. Live Science, Ben Turner, Oct 18, 2025.
• Catastrophic loss of Florida’s staghorn and elkhorn corals highlights accelerating climate pressures for reefs worldwide^[19] Scientists report ”functional extinction” of critically endangered corals, following a record-setting marine heat wave in 2023 that marked the ninth mass bleaching event for the region. Phys.org, Institute for Basic Science (adapted press release), Oct 23, 2025.
• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #43 2025^[20] Our latest weekly climate science research roundup includes 145 academic, government and NGO reports— but leads with a commentary in AAAS Science on the twisted concept of the Trump administration’s “Gold Standard” for scientific investigations, authored by cognitive scientist and Skeptical Science collaborator Steven Lewandowsky. Skeptical Science, Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Oct 23, 2025.
• El Niño could soon turn deadly predictable, scientists warn^[21] Scientists have discovered that El Niño and La Niña could become far more powerful and predictable as the planet warms. Science Daily, Institute for Basic Science (adapted press release), Oct 24, 2025.

International Climate Conferences and Agreements (3 articles)

• Paris Climate Protocols Have Limited Global Heating To “Just” 2.6 Degrees C^[22] CleanTechnica, Steve Hanley, Oct 20, 2025.
• Revealed: Only a third of national climate pledges support `transition away from fossil fuels`^[23] Only around a third of the latest country climate pledges submitted to the UN express support for the “transition away from fossil fuels”, according to Carbon Brief analysis. Carbon Brief, Daisy Dunne, Oct 22, 2025.
• Fossil fuel companies say they support the energy transition. New numbers suggest otherwise.^[24] A new report shows that legacy fossil fuel companies own less than 2 percent of renewable energy projects worldwide yet have a seat at the table for shaping our energy cleanup and modernization. Grist, Rebecca Egan McCarthy, Oct 24, 2025.

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (2 articles)

Miscellaneous (2 articles)

• 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #42^[25] A listing of 27 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, October 12, 2025 thru Sat, October 18, 2025. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler and Doug Bostrom, Oct 19, 2025.
• World Cup sends ‘dangerous message’ on climate^[26] In eight months’ time the 2026 World Cup will make history as the biggest single sporting event. But not everyone is celebrating. BBC News, Katie Gornall, Oct 22, 2025.

Climate Education and Communication (1 article)

Geoengineering (1 article)

Public Misunderstandings about Climate Science (1 article)

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2. ^{^} 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #43 (skepticalscience.com)
3. ^{^} DeBriefed: Earth`s first `tipping point`; Climate adviser interview; How warming affects children`s health (www.carbonbrief.org)
4. ^{^} US-led alliance wins a year`s delay in adoption of green shipping deal (www.climatechangenews.com)
5. ^{^} Corporate Climate Disclosures in the US and EU: An Expanding Regulatory Landscape Amidst Resistance (blogs.law.columbia.edu)
6. ^{^} Climate-Warming Methane Emissions from the World`s Biggest Livestock Companies Are Bigger Than From Major Oil and Gas Companies (insideclimatenews.org)
7. ^{^} With climate change data disappearing, former NOAA scientists strike back (www.abc57.com)
8. ^{^} The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in. (grist.org)
9. ^{^} Trump knows climate change is real – that’s why he wants to mine Greenland (thehill.com)
10. ^{^} We led NOAA – we expect Neil Jacobs to defend it (thehill.com)
11. ^{^} World`s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
12. ^{^} Europe’s climate is changing fast: How it’s affecting people and the economy (theconversation.com)
13. ^{^} Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows (www.theguardian.com)
14. ^{^} This is a dangerous new climate reality (youtu.be)
15. ^{^} Researchers warn of the urgent need to include the cumulative effects of extreme climate events in penguin conservation (phys.org)
16. ^{^} Don’t bet against physics (reportearth.substack.com)
17. ^{^} Can the Deadliest Catch crab fishery survive warming seas? (www.science.org)
18. ^{^} Science news this week: Revived permafrost microbes spew CO2, scientists image object ‘moving’ at 99.9% the speed of light, and James Webb telescope spots something exciting blasting from black hole M87* (www.livescience.com)
19. ^{^} Catastrophic loss of Florida’s staghorn and elkhorn corals highlights accelerating climate pressures for reefs worldwide (phys.org)
20. ^{^} Skeptical Science New Research for Week #43 2025 (skepticalscience.com)
21. ^{^} El Niño could soon turn deadly predictable, scientists warn (www.sciencedaily.com)
22. ^{^} Paris Climate Protocols Have Limited Global Heating To “Just” 2.6 Degrees C (cleantechnica.com)
23. ^{^} Revealed: Only a third of national climate pledges support `transition away from fossil fuels` (www.carbonbrief.org)
24. ^{^} Fossil fuel companies say they support the energy transition. New numbers suggest otherwise. (grist.org)
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