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2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #38
Posted on 21 September 2025 by BaerbelW, John Hartz, Doug Bostrom
A listing of 23 news and opinion articles shared on social media during the week of Sunday, September 14, 2025 through Saturday, September 20, 2025.
Climate Policy and Politics
- Sea Surface Temperatures Hit 97.7°F: One of the Highest Ever Recorded
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
The Guardian, Dan Jervis-Bardy, Sep 15, 2025 - Cascading, Compounding: Five Key Takeaways from Australia’s National Climate Risk Assessment
Environment, The Guardian, Graham Readfearn, Sep 15, 2025 - The Atlantic’s Remarkable 20-Day Quiet Period Finally Ends
Eye on the Storm, Yale Climate Connections, Jeff Masters & Bob Henson, Sep 17, 2025
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
- New Evidence for the Gateway
- An Arctic Researcher Explains Yedoma, the Permafrost Keeping the Planet Livable
Living on Earth/Inside Climate News, Interview by Jenni Doering, Sep 13, 2025 - Climate Change Is Accelerating, Scientists Find in ‘Grim’ Report
They warn humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. The report also contains some good news.
Yale Climate Connections, Dana Nuccitelli, Sep 15, 2025 - IEA Reiterates No New Oil and Gas Needed if Global Warming Is Limited to 1.5°C
The world would not need to invest in new oil and gas projects if demand fell in line with the 1.5°C limit on global warming, says the International Energy Agency.
Fact Brief
Has the Greenhouse Effect Been Falsified? No.
The greenhouse effect is basic physics that has been known for nearly 200 years. Without it, the Earth would not be warm enough to support life.
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