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Scientist Steve Schneider Flips Fears
On the TV show In Search Of…The Coming Ice Age, Steven Schneider wonders whether mankind should intervene in staving off a coming ice age.  Watch the old footage on YouTube here. (24)

Australian Liberals Oppose Carbon Trading
Australian Opposition Leader (Malcolm Turnbull) will be forced to stare down more than two-thirds of the Liberal back bench if he proceeds with his plan to negotiate with the government over amendments to the emissions trading scheme before December’s Copenhagen climate change conference.   Read more here. (2)

Not Evil Just Wrong
Buy the DVD by clicking on the flashing icon above. (1)

Climate Change Summit in New York
In New York… Chinese leader Hu Jintao … U.S. President Barack Obama more or less shuffled climate control policy off into the great dreamscape of unattainable plans and long range objectives. Like equality for all and peace in our time …  Terence Corcoran, Financial Post (1)

Minerals Industry Now Complaining
THE [Australian] minerals industry has demanded [the Prime Minister] Kevin Rudd overhaul his proposed emissions trading system or risk smashing Australian jobs and the nation’s industrial competitiveness.  Read more here. (1)

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Archive for March 11th, 2008

How Sensitive is Climate to Solar Variability?

According to an analysis by Scafetta and West published in the March edition of Physics Today (subscription required), the Sun ‘could account for as much as 69% of the increase in Earth’s average temperature.’
Article title: “Is climate sensitive to solar variability?” By Nicola Scafetta of Duke University Physics Department and Bruce J. West of the [...]

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Michaela – The Next Generation

Another sign of me ageing – first came my 50th birthday and now my daughter has made me a grandad. Baby Michaela is pictured below. She arrived at 6.58am on 8th March and weighed 6 lb 10 oz. In common with many new-born babies, she has slight jaundice, which is rapidly improving with the help [...]

Oceans Fall Over Millions of Years

A new paper published in Science magazine suggests that ocean the floors are getting deeper and sea levels have fallen by about 170 meters (560 ft) since the Cretaceous period 80 million years ago, due to tectonic shifts. Previous estimates were between 40 to 250 meters. On this basis of this work, a fall [...]