Archive for April 25th, 2008
Flannery – The Wrong Weather Maker
Posted by Paul, April 25th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 99
RAIN sure is falling this week on the parade of our global warming alarmists.
Wettest of all is Tim Flannery, who was made Australian of the Year last year for wailing the world was doomed.
“I think there is a fair chance Perth will be the 21st century’s first ghost metropolis,” he groaned. But buy his The [...]
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Population, sustainability, climate change, water & the future of our cities
Posted by neil, April 25th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Comments: 9
Australia faces an unprecedented challenge from climate change. We risk losing our natural heritage, our rivers, landscapes and biodiversity. We have a brief opportunity to act now to safeguard and shape our future prosperity. – AUSTRALIA 2020 SUMMIT – INITIAL SUMMIT REPORT
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Ozone Hole Recovery Could Modify Southern Hemisphere Climate
Posted by Paul, April 25th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 13
A full recovery of the stratospheric ozone hole could modify climate change in the Southern Hemisphere and even amplify Antarctic warming, according to scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA.
ScienceDaily.com: ‘Ozone Hole Recovery May Reshape Southern Hemisphere Climate Change And Amplify Antarctic Warming’
Humans Nearly Wiped Out 70,000 Years Ago?
Posted by Paul, April 25th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 6
Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests.
The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis released Thursday.
The report notes that a separate study by researchers at Stanford University estimated that the number [...]
Norwegian Fishermen’s Union: NGOs a Threat to the World’s Food Resources – A Note From Ann Novek
Posted by Paul, April 25th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Plants and Animals
Comments: 23
“This due to their campaigns against whaling and sealing. Their campaigns are against a reasonable and sustainable harvesting of marine resources,” states the Head of the Norwegian Fishermen’s Union, Reidar Nilsen, yesterday in paper, Fiskeribladet Fiskaren.
His reply was a response to WWF Norway that had made statements that the fishermen overfished the marine resources [...]
Signals for a Coming Ice Age: A Note from Peter Harris
Posted by jennifer, April 25th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 67
When paleoclimatologists met in 1972 to discuss how and when the present warm climate would end, termination seemed imminent and it was expected that rapid cooling would lead to the coming ice age.
These ideas were based on the 1M year analogue for climate transitions first proposed by M Milankovitch over 60 years ago which has [...]