Archive for November 10th, 2007
After the ‘Top Island’ Fire in the Barmah Red Gum Forest
Posted by jennifer, November 10th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Forestry, Murray River
Comments: 15
Aborigines managed much of the Australian landscape with fire. This management strategy favoured fire tolerant and fire resistant species – perhaps why gum trees dominate so much of the Australian landscape. But river red gums, Eucalyptus camaldulensis ssp., unlike most gum trees, are not particularly fire [...]
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Glacier Dynamics and Why Greenland Not in Danger of Collapse
Posted by jennifer, November 10th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 79
Dear Jennifer,
Professor Ollier takes on James Hansen’s claim that the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are in danger of collapse due to global warming. Hansen’s claims are the basis for Al Gore’s suggestion, in An Inconventient Truth, that the seas may rise by 20 feet in the near future.
Professor Ollier argues that, “Hansen’s seeming [...]
Bias and Concealment in the IPCC Process
Posted by Paul, November 10th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 30
The climatic “hockey stick” hypothesis has systemic problems. I review how the IPCC came to adopt the “hockey stick” as scientific evidence of human interference with the climate. I report also on independent peer reviewed studies of the “hockey stick” that were instigated by the US House of Representatives in 2006, and which comprehensively invalidated [...]

