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Methane Leak
Scientists have discovered the Arctic ocean seabed is leaking huge amounts of methane into the atmosphere.  The research published in the journal Science shows the permafrost under the East Siberian Arctic shelf, which was thought to be a barrier sealing methane, is perforated.  Read more here. (1)

NYT: Pachauri Faces Credibility Siege
The New York Times is reporting that: Dr. Pachauri and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are now under intense scrutiny, facing accusations of scientific sloppiness and potential financial conflicts of interest from climate skeptics, right-leaning politicians and even some mainstream scientists.  More here. (1)

Phil Jones Guilty, But
The university at the centre of the climate change row over stolen e-mails broke the law by refusing to hand over its raw data for public scrutiny.  B ut…  Read more here. (0)

Banks Leave Carbon Market
Banks and investors are pulling out of the carbon market after the failure to make progress at Copenhagen on reaching new emissions targets after 2012.  Read more here. (0)

UK Met Office Can't Forecast Weather
The UK Met Office is debating what to do with its long-term and seasonal forecasting after criticism for failing to predict extreme weather.   It was predicted that this winter would be warmer than average – yet it has been unusually cold.  Read more here. (2)

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Archive for August 10th, 2007

Sceptics shock kayaker

Rural climate change sceptics shock kayaker
From ABC Rural Thursday, 09/08/2007
A man paddling and pulling his kayak from Brisbane to Adelaide to promote the need for action on climate change says he is disappointed with the sceptical nature of outback Australians.
Steve Posselt, who is pulling his kayak along the Darling River road due to a lack [...]

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Cooling clouds – a note from Marc Morano

An interesting new paper has been published:
Spencer, Roy W.; Braswell, William D.; Christy, John R.; Hnilo, Justin (2007)
Cloud and radiation budget changes associated with tropical intraseasonal oscillations
Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 34, No. 15, L15707
Abstract
We explore the daily evolution of tropical intraseasonal oscillations in satellite-observed tropospheric temperature, precipitation, radiative fluxes, and cloud properties. The warm/rainy phase [...]

Save the planet – drive to the shops!?

This article is from The Times (London). Not sure what to make of this, other than perhaps a ‘green’ attack on meat eating:
Walking to the shops ‘damages planet more than going by car’
Walking does more than driving to cause global warming, a leading environmentalist has calculated.
Food production is now so energy-intensive that more carbon is [...]

Tasmanian Pulp Mill assessment process – a note from Cinders

Tasmanian Pulp Mill assessment process vindicated by the Federal court
The Federal court confirmed today that the Assessment of Tasmania’s proposed pulp mill was fair and reasonable and that the public had ample opportunity to state their views.
A Federal Court judge rejected the claims by the Wilderness Society and a group calling itself Investors for Tasmania’s [...]