Archive for January 25th, 2008
More Male Crocodiles in a Warmer World?
Posted by neil, January 25th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 4
This dominant 4.5metre male Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) resides a kilometre or so downstream from my own abode on Cooper Creek; a proximity that we never forget!
It has long been known that crocodile gender is determined by temperature. If the temperature of egg incubation is cool, around 30 degrees C, the hatchlings are all [...]
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Stern Report Reviewed
Posted by jennifer, January 25th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Economics
Comments: 32
Dear Jennifer,
Australia’s Productivity Commission has finally reviewed the Stern Report [the report commissioned by the British government on the economics of climate change] and according to newspaper reports has attacked it for its advocacy and dubious costings.
The Productivity Commission document is available via http://www.pc.gov.au/research/staffworkingpaper/sternreview
Reports in The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian are available [...]
More Global Gore-ing: Al’s Virtual World
Posted by Paul, January 25th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 28
Speaking in Davos, at the World Economic Forum, Al Gore is quoted saying, ‘Climate change ’significantly worse’ than feared.’
Gore claims, “the climate crisis is significantly worse and unfolding more rapidly than those on the pessimistic side of the IPCC projections had warned us.” Apparently there are new forecasts that the North Pole ice caps [...]
AGU Climate Consensus Statement: 9 Speak for 50,000?
Posted by Paul, January 25th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 77
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) have released this statement on Climate Change:
The Earth’s climate is now clearly out of balance and is warming. Many components of the climate system – including the temperatures of the atmosphere, land and ocean, the extent of sea ice and mountain glaciers, the sea level, the distribution of precipitation, and [...]

