Archive for June 20th, 2008
Amphibian Chytridiomycosis “Not Driven by Climate Change”
Posted by Paul, June 20th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Plants and Animals
Comments: 20
A new study by a team of scientists specializing in zoology and animal health reported, “analyses found no evidence to support the hypothesis that climate change has been driving outbreaks of amphibian chytridiomycosis.”
The study was published in the peer-reviewed PLoS Biology, a journal of the Public Library of Science:
Riding the Wave: Reconciling the Roles of [...]
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Food Crisis Consequence of Bad Government Policy
Posted by jennifer, June 20th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Food & Farming
Comments: 10
The current global food “crisis” is not so much a consequence of natural resource constraints as it is a consequence of poor food policy decisions by government. That’s the headline in an article by Mick Keogh, Executive Director of the Australian Farm Institute, published on Monday by On Line Opinion.
I tend to [...]
EU Rule Put Half a Million Homes in the Dark
Posted by Paul, June 20th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Energy & Nuclear
Comments: 10
Oh! the joy of living under the Soviet EU and policies driven by global warming alarmism:
The unexpected shutdown of two power stations on Tuesday, May 29, led to the worst disruption to the UK’s power network in more than 20 years, prompting new concerns over the stability of Britain’s ageing power grid.
However, industry sources say [...]
Climate Science Round Up from This Week’s Science and Nature Journals
Posted by Paul, June 20th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 9
Science Journal:
A Greener Greenland:
Natural Variability of Greenland Climate, Vegetation, and Ice Volume During the Past Million Years
Anne de Vernal* and Claude Hillaire-Marcel
The response of the Greenland ice sheet to global warming is a source of concern notably because of its potential contribution to changes in the sea level. We demonstrated the natural vulnerability of the [...]
Leseur’s Frog
Posted by neil, June 20th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Plants and Animals
Comments: 3
Leseur’s Frogs (Litoria lesueuri) emerge after dark from their diurnal concealment amongst leaf-litter on the dark-brown forest floor, where they elude the predatory appetites of a formidable avian oversight.
Like all members of the genus, Leseur’s have large finger and toe pads and horizontal pupils, however, males out-number females, perhaps as many as fifty-to-one. [...]
AP Duped by Spoof Global Warming Study?
Posted by Paul, June 20th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 75
CBS News have published an Associated Press (AP) story entitled: ‘Today’s Quakes Deadlier Than In Past,’ Study: Seismic Activity 5 Times More Energetic Than 20 Years Ago Because Of Global Warming:
(AP) New research compiled by Australian scientist Dr. Tom Chalko shows that global seismic activity on Earth is now five times more energetic than it [...]

