Archives for June 2008

Ryan Crompton and John McAneney of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia have an important new paper in the August, 2008 issue of the journal Environmental Science & Policy titled "Normalised Australian insured losses from meteorological hazards: … [Read more...] about Normalised Australian Insured Losses from Meteorological Hazards: 1967–2006

Large amounts of ozone -- around 50% more than predicted by the world's state-of-the-art climate models -- are being destroyed in the lower atmosphere over the tropical Atlantic Ocean. This startling discovery was made by a team of scientists from … [Read more...] about Climate Models Fail Again! Scientists ‘Startled’ to Discover 50% of Ozone Destroyed in Lower Atmosphere

An international team of researchers was able to provide evidence of explosive volcanism in the deeps of the ice-covered Arctic Ocean for the first time. Researchers from an expedition to the Gakkel Ridge, led by the American Woods Hole Oceanographic … [Read more...] about Fire Under the Arctic Ice

'Climate: New ice age is on the way.' That was a headline from The Times newspaper on 21st October 1972. On 23rd March 1970 the headline read: 'Antarctic may be key to ice ages.' According to Dr A T Wilson of Wellington University, New Zealand, the … [Read more...] about The Times: New Ice Age is On The Way