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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. (1)

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 December 2nd, 2008

Blog about The Sun

Hi Jennifer,
I have recently taken over Carl Smith’s blog at http://landscheidt.auditblogs.com/
The site was originally set up to discuss Dr. Landscheidt’s work and is a good source of his documents. I am currently expanding the format to include any scientific work related to planetary influence on the Sun.
Ian  Wilson has just contacted me and gave permission [...]

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Australian Parliamentarian, and Sceptic, Banned Prevented from Tabling Climate Data

DR Dennis Jensen BAppSc (RMIT), MSc (Melb), PhD (Monash) is the only member of the Australian Parliament with any training in science a PhD in a science discipline. 
[As correctly pointed out in the comments following this posting, my brother Jim Turnour, also a member of the Federal Parliament, has a Batchelor of Agricultural Science.  Other [...]

New International Court for The Environment

The first role of the new body would be to enforce international agreements on cutting greenhouse gas emissions set to be agreed next year. Read more here.

Advice for Climate Conference in Poznan

PROBABLY one of the best ways to cut CO2 emissions dramatically would be to cancel climate Conferences, starting with Poznan. 
One has only to look at the skies filled with private jets and the subsequent use of limousines to ferry delegates to these.  Once there, consider the great increase in emissions required to pamper these people in [...]

A Double Congratulations to Ross Coulthart and Nick Farrow

INVESTIGATIVE journalist Ross Coulthart and guru producer Nick Farrow have won the Gold Walkley for this year for exposing a doctor’s alleged malpractice in the New South Wales town of Bega.
The award is the most prestigious in Australian journalism.
They undertook the investigation while working for the Sunday Program, a program recently axed by Channel 9.
You may [...]

Improving Prophecy

Since the dawn of thought, people have been using various methods to foretell the future.   Forecasting is now big business and many large businesses have been made smaller through incorrect forecasts.
In Australia we have suffered long enough from bad forecasts.  It is time to do something to improve forecasting standards.