Jennifer Marohasy

SPINNING THE CLIMATE
Excerpt: However, the authors of Chapter 1 “The Climate System: An Overview” signed their own death warrant when they wrote: “ The fact that the global mean temperature has increased since the late 19th century and that other trends have been observed does not necessarily mean that an anthropogenic effect on the climate [...]

George Taylor, Oregon State Climatologist, responds to the Willamette Week article written by Paul Koberstein:
HOT OR NOT: Oregon’s official weatherman has good news about global warming-it doesn’t exist.
Extract:
George Taylor shouldn’t scare anybody. He has been a vegetarian since the 1970s. He commutes to work by bicycle. He’s an ex-hippie and an ex-surfer. He recycles. He [...]

Thanks to Luke Walker for alerting me to this:
ABC News: Solar takes off with US power supply deal
Extracts:
Two of America’s biggest power utilities have unveiled plans for a multi-billion-dollar expansion of solar power supply, backing the argument that solar energy can indeed become a viable alternative to coal-fired electricity.
The company at the heart of the [...]

Thanks to Luke Walker for alerting me to this:
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
Too late to avoid warming: climate report
Sydney could face an annual temperature rise of up to 4.3 degrees by 2070, and a tripling of the number of days a year when the thermometer soars above 35 degrees, if global greenhouse gas emissions are [...]

I associate Golden Orb-weaving spiders (Nephila pilipes (syn. maculata)) with the hot period leading up to the wet. Adult females are particularly impressive in their gigantism, which increases relative to the equator. The image on the left has a male on the female’s abdomen.
They would appear to have a three-month life-cycle with [...]

Dear Ian,
The Center for Biological Diversity contends that staghorn coral and elkhorn coral are “the first, and to date only, species listed under the Endangered Species Act due to threats from global warming.” Kieran Suckling, the policy
director of the Center, “We think this victory on coral critical habitat actually moves the entire Endangered Species Act [...]

Hansen’s blog is here.
A couple of sample extracts:
The deceit behind the attempts to discredit evidence of climate change reveals matters of importance. This deceit has a clear purpose: to confuse the public about the status of knowledge of global climate change, thus delaying effective action to mitigate climate change. The danger is that delay will [...]