According to Nature, the fifth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report will be out by 2014, IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri announced last week in Budapest. The report from the first working group will come out in 2013, however, so that … [Read more...] about UN IPCC AR5 Due in 2014
Archives for April 2008
The World’s Oldest Living Tree Found in Sweden
For 9550 years a Spruce has survived in the mountains on the Swedish landscape, Dalarna, bordering Norway. This means that this tree is the oldest known tree in the world. About 20 Spruces have been found in the mountain area that are over 8000 … [Read more...] about The World’s Oldest Living Tree Found in Sweden
Birmingham University Opens England’s Only Hydrogen Fuelling Station
The University of Birmingham will unveil the only hydrogen gas fuelling station in England on its Edgbaston campus on Thursday 17 April 2008 at 11.30am. Press Release: Fuel for Thought: University Opens England’s Only Hydrogen Fuelling … [Read more...] about Birmingham University Opens England’s Only Hydrogen Fuelling Station
To Cull Kangaroos, or Not: Nichole Hoskin
An Australian Department of Defence proposal to cull 400 Eastern grey kangaroos in Belconnen has generated a diverse range of responses on ABC News Online comments. A contributor, Annabelle, said, “The killing of kangaroos for convenience is … [Read more...] about To Cull Kangaroos, or Not: Nichole Hoskin
Waiting for Global Cooling: Robert Fawcett and David Jones
There is very little justification for asserting that global warming has gone away over the past ten years, not least because the linear trend in globally-averaged annual mean temperatures (the standard yardstick) over the period 1998-2007 remains … [Read more...] about Waiting for Global Cooling: Robert Fawcett and David Jones
No Balance in Water Negotiations
Some years ago an irrigator in the Macquarie Valley explained to me that they had been giving back water for years as part of negotiated and then renegotiated water sharing plans. He then asked me how much more water I thought the environmentalists … [Read more...] about No Balance in Water Negotiations
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
