Jennifer Marohasy

IN the Australian Senate the vote of one senator, Steve Fielding, may be important for the passage of the government’s cap and trade legislation, also known as the emission trading scheme.  
On Monday Senator Fielding had a meeting with the Minister for Climate Change, Penny Wong, and asked  the following questions so he can make an informed decision on whether or [...]

WE are frightening children with exaggerations – they believe they don’t have a future and that the world is going to end, writes Bjorn Lomborg.
 
“The continuous presentation of scary stories about global warming in the popular media makes us unnecessarily frightened. Even worse, it terrifies our kids.

The Obama administration unveiled the most authoritative report to date on the effects of global warming in America today in an effort to persuade the public of the need to act now to prevent the sweeping and life-altering consequences of global warming.   Read more here.

Scientists from Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology are using acoustic sensors developed to support the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to listen for the sound of icebergs breaking away from the giant ice sheets of the south pole.   Read more here.