The orthodoxy has been that as a consequence of greenhouse gas emissions global temperatures will continue to increase. But what is really meant by global temperatures? According to James Hansen from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies … [Read more...] about Measuring the Surface Air Temperature (Part 1)
Archives for May 6, 2008
Don’t Grind Grain for Ethanol – by Geoff Ward (Part 2)
The New South Wales Government is proposing to mandate that all standard unleaded petrol will contain 10% of ethanol. This ethanol will mostly be sourced from grain. The main reasons we must oppose this legislation are the humanitarian effects of … [Read more...] about Don’t Grind Grain for Ethanol – by Geoff Ward (Part 2)
Don’t Grind Grain for Ethanol – by Geoff Ward (Part 1)
Grain prices have suddenly doubled worldwide and are expected to remain at these levels. For the billions of people who spend a large percentage of their income on food, mostly the urban poor in developing countries, this is and will be a disaster. … [Read more...] about Don’t Grind Grain for Ethanol – by Geoff Ward (Part 1)
Sea Ice Update: Unprecedented SH High, Rapid NH Recovery
There won't be much, if any, coverage in the media about the unprecedented high in the Southern Hemisphere sea ice anomaly, so a self-explanatory graphic is posted below of the 1979 to present anomaly from the 1979 to 2000 mean: We will, of … [Read more...] about Sea Ice Update: Unprecedented SH High, Rapid NH Recovery
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
