Records may tumble over the next few days with temperatures in both Melbourne and Adelaide soaring. The record for Adelaide is 46. degrees C (114.98 degrees F), set 70 years ago. Yesterday it topped 45.5 degrees C (113.9 degrees F). … [Read more...] about It’s Hot in Southern Australia
Archives for January 2009
No Scientific Forecasts to Support Global Warming
YESTERDAY, a former chief at NASA, Dr John S. Theon, slammed the computer models used to determine future climate claiming they are not scientific in part because the modellers have “resisted making their work transparent so that it can be replicated … [Read more...] about No Scientific Forecasts to Support Global Warming
Pesticide Ban to ‘Wipe Out’ Carrot Crop
DESPITE intense opposition from farmer groups and scientists, the European Parliament voted last week to approve new regulations that could ultimately outlaw up to one-quarter of the pesticides on the European market. Read more here. [Subscription … [Read more...] about Pesticide Ban to ‘Wipe Out’ Carrot Crop
Iron Sulphate to be Dumped in Southern Ocean
GERMANY gave the green light on Monday to a controversial plan with India to drop six tons of iron dust into the Antarctic Ocean. The experiment is the biggest trial ever of iron fertilization, a technology which could stop global warming at very … [Read more...] about Iron Sulphate to be Dumped in Southern Ocean
Former NASA Boss Declares Himself a Sceptic and Slams Climate Models
IT used to be common for global warming activists to claim that anyone who disagrees with them must be in the pay of “big oil” – remember Al Gore said this in his documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. More recently the accusation has been that … [Read more...] about Former NASA Boss Declares Himself a Sceptic and Slams Climate Models
Editor Removes Comment by Climate Sceptic (Part 2)
AUSTRALIA's national broadcaster, the ABC, has a science unit dominated by a fellow called Robyn Williams. Mr Williams is an advocate for the campaign against global warming and has even suggested on air that sea levels could rise by 100 metres in … [Read more...] about Editor Removes Comment by Climate Sceptic (Part 2)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
