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Scientist Steve Schneider Flips Fears
On the TV show In Search Of…The Coming Ice Age, Steven Schneider wonders whether mankind should intervene in staving off a coming ice age.  Watch the old footage on YouTube here. (24)

Australian Liberals Oppose Carbon Trading
Australian Opposition Leader (Malcolm Turnbull) will be forced to stare down more than two-thirds of the Liberal back bench if he proceeds with his plan to negotiate with the government over amendments to the emissions trading scheme before December’s Copenhagen climate change conference.   Read more here. (2)

Not Evil Just Wrong
Buy the DVD by clicking on the flashing icon above. (1)

Climate Change Summit in New York
In New York… Chinese leader Hu Jintao … U.S. President Barack Obama more or less shuffled climate control policy off into the great dreamscape of unattainable plans and long range objectives. Like equality for all and peace in our time …  Terence Corcoran, Financial Post (1)

Minerals Industry Now Complaining
THE [Australian] minerals industry has demanded [the Prime Minister] Kevin Rudd overhaul his proposed emissions trading system or risk smashing Australian jobs and the nation’s industrial competitiveness.  Read more here. (1)

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Archive for November 11th, 2008

Save the Tassie Devil

Consider supporting the Taronga Zoo captive breeding program for the Tasmanian Devil.  Captive breeding programs can work, indeed we now have Nailtail Wallabies in Scotia National Park.  
You can donate here.

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More Problems with Temperature Recording

“September was the hottest October ever recorded.  Wait! September?” Read more here and also here.

Correcting Ocean Cooling: NASAChanges Data to Fit the Models Adjusts Data from Buoys

NASA scientist, Josh Willis, was so concerned that his data, showing ocean cooling, did not fit the official consensus on climate change that he searched for a solution.  Eventually he “applied a correction” so the historical ocean temperature record showed a relatively steady increase in line with the climate models. 
Perhaps Dr Willis really did get [...]