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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. (0)

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 April 13th, 2008

More on The Great BBC Website Swindle

The controversy over climate campaigner Jo Abbess’s claimed success of intimidating the BBC’s Roger Harrabin into changing a website article rumbles on.
Christopher Booker of The Sunday Telegraph gives his opinion here:

Warmists beat straying BBC man back into line

A talking point among “climate sceptics” on both sides of the Atlantic has been the bizarre tale of [...]

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A Catalogue of Animals to Shoot From

Most safari outfitters offer a menu of game that clients can choose from. It’s like shopping from a catalogue.
Looking down these lists is slightly surreal. Everything is on offer, including porcupine ($250 – is it possible people really hunt these?), warthog ($300), on through a multitude of indistinguishable deer-like species, up to the big ticket [...]

The ‘Best Book on the Market’ according to Eamonn Butler

A lot of people blame ‘market failure’ for environmental problems like pollution or over-fishing. More often, though, it’s political failure that causes the problems, by preventing markets from even existing. Like in water. As I explain in my new book, The Best Book on the Market:
In the dry western states of the US, the ‘prior [...]

Cosmic Rays, Clouds and Climate (Part 1)

There are a couple of emerging theories on clouds, and how they form, and in time these theories may blow away the current so-called consensus on anthropogenic global warming from carbon dioxide as a key driver of climate.
One of these theories concerns cosmic rays.
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the words “cosmic rays” with [...]