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Archives for February 2008

Carbon Trading Blocked until Farmers get Credits: Steve Truman

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"It had been the previous [Australian] coalition governments intention and by default the Rudd governments plan to meet it’s commitments to limit the nation’s Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2008-2012 to the Kyoto Target of an 8% increase above the … [Read more...] about Carbon Trading Blocked until Farmers get Credits: Steve Truman

The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change: I’m off to New York

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The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change is the first major international conference to focus on issues and questions not answered by advocates of the theory of man-made global warming. Hundreds of scientists, economists, and public … [Read more...] about The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change: I’m off to New York

Thornton Peak

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I have risen early these passed two mornings, to capture the elusive spectacle of the sun’s first rays illuminating the descending moon over Thornton Peak. The greatest uncertainty was finding the mountain free of cloud, but as can be seen in the … [Read more...] about Thornton Peak

Oil on Saturn’s Moon Not from Buried Biomass: A Note from Louis Hissink

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A recent ABC report detailing the discovery of enormous volumes of hydrocarbons on Saturn's moon, Titan, was accompanied with the comment that this may teach us more about our own planet's oil reserves One wonders whether the journalists writing … [Read more...] about Oil on Saturn’s Moon Not from Buried Biomass: A Note from Louis Hissink

Is Recent Major Hurricane Activity Normal? Comment and Reply in Nature

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The debate over whether there is an observable link between global warming and hurricanes rumbles on. In this week's Nature journal there is a comment and reply arising from Nyberg et al, Nature 447, 698-701 (7 June 2007): Low Atlantic hurricane … [Read more...] about Is Recent Major Hurricane Activity Normal? Comment and Reply in Nature