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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 August 11th, 2008

Causal Linkage between Carbon Dioxide and Global Warming (Part 2): Still Searching for Evidence

On Sunday a colleague and I discussed the general issue of correlation versus causation in science. He suggested that 1. There must be a body of work establishing a causal link between anthropogenic carbon dioxide and warming, and also 2. Some work that quantifies the extent of the warming from the anthropogenic carbon [...]

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A Critical Review of ‘Green Carbon: The Role of Natural Forests in Carbon Storage’

Last week the Australian National University released a report** on “Green Carbon” claiming that un-logged native forests store three times more carbon than previously reported and this prompted a demand by The Wilderness Society for an urgent end to logging of the carbon dense native forests in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
Alan Ashbarry, a [...]

We Aren’t Responsible for Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: A Note from Alan Siddons

The following chart is largely self-explanatory:

Red: The actual rise of atmospheric CO2 from 1966 to 2006
Pink: The actual rise of human emissions within that 40 year timeframe (starting point at 321 ppm for comparison)
Blue: Human emissions multiplied by 24.41 to parallel atmospheric CO2 growth
Black: The human emissions slope as it would be if CO2 had [...]