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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 September 8th, 2008

Sea Levels Can’t Rise by MORE than 2 Metres by 2100

 
In 2006, in his famous documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore claimed sea levels would rise by 20 feet (six metre). 
 
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is more conservative, suggesting a rise of no more than 0.60m by 2099 in its 2007 report.
 
But in March last year a fellow called Robyn Williams, who has a monopoly [...]

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I’m in Tokyo

I arrived in Tokyo yesterday for a meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society. 
My mobile phone is not working, so any messages will go unanswered for at least a week.  If you need to contact me, try email.  
The four pale-coloured elongated images in the pond are fish. The photograph was taken this morning at the New Otani [...]

Bill Kininmonth Requests Explanation of the Greenhouse Effect

Bill Kininmonth knows a lot about climate science, he is a meteorologist and he was the head of Australia’s National Climate Centre from 1986 to 1998.   He is also a well known global warming skeptic and is particularly critical of the idea that the principles for sustaining the greenhouse effect are well understood.   While this [...]

New Banner, Format and Policies for the Blog

Regular readers of this website will have noticed that since yesterday we have a new blog banner and upgraded blog format.
I am not yet familiar with all the new gadgets, widgets, asides and facilities that come with the new format and I am still to add links and develop comment policy settings. So, please be patient, [...]