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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 January 14th, 2009

Maintaining a Monopoly on Climate Science

LEVELS of atmospheric carbon dioxide have been steadily rising, but since about 1998 global warming has stalled.   Some climate scientists claim the reason has everything to do with the sun. 
A little over a month ago a planning meeting was called to discuss whether more research should be undertaken by the US National Academy of Sciences/US [...]

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The Drought Breaks in Australia

Australia is a land of “drought and flooding rains”.  
Last week parts of north-eastern Australia received a “year’s rain within a week” and many inland areas are now sea.  There is a photo gallery at the CourierMail website entitled “Queensland Under Water” and the following photograph of the Urandangi Hotel copied from the gallery.

The IPCC Can’t Count – Author and Reviewer Numbers are Wrong

HOW many times have you heard or read words to the effect that 4000 scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) supported the claims about a significant human influence on climate? I think I’ve seen it on television, radio and the Internet and I know that politicians at national levels have quoted such [...]

On Communities

Don’t forget that this blog has a Community Home.
The following photograph is of a somewhat isolated plant community taken in February 2008 in the Blue Mountains, West of Sydney.  

Two Critiques on Climate Data

Dear Jennifer,
Critique of David Jones article Hot n dry Future Melbourne piece in The Age 6 Oct.
http://www.warwickhughes.com/blog/?p=195
Also I note you posting using the RSS satellite data, I know the warmers pref this to UAH and always scream about the UAH data yet according to Fred Singer and others it is the RSS LT data that [...]

On Blog Awards

Hey Jennifer,
I read your post today mentioning the polls for the 2008 Weblog Awards. I recently wrote a feature length PBS article about the blog awards and got a chance to interview the administrator of the award and several of the nominees:
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/01/can-blog-awards-identify-quality-online-content012.html
Anyway, I thought this was something you and your readers would find interesting.
take care,
Simon

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Hot Days

In the same way as the full moon is supposed to cause a rise in lunatic acts, I hate hot days because it brings out the AGW fringe.  Art Raiche, Sydney

Hillary Clinton to Fight Climate Change

In opening remarks at her confirmation hearing on Jan. 13, President-elect Barack Obama’s Secretary of State designate Hillary Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations committee she would use the office to shape foreign policy that would fight climate change.  Read more here.