LATE last week, the Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence released its second report**, which was tabled in parliament by Minister for Climate Change, Kate Jones. The Centre receives substantial funding through the state-funded Office of … [Read more...] about Oh No! More Prescribed Climate Alarmism for Queensland
Archives for October 2010
The Need for a New Theory of Climate (Part 2)
ACCORDING to the philosopher Thomas Kuhn, a scientific theory, for example, Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) is likely to be based on a particular set of experimental and theoretical techniques for matching it with what is observed in the physical … [Read more...] about The Need for a New Theory of Climate (Part 2)
Volcanic Eruptions and Global Temperature
VOLCANIC eruptions have long been known to influence global climate, besides their obvious local effects. They emit large clouds of aerosols and sulphur-containing gases into the lower and upper atmospheres, affecting albedo, cloud formation and … [Read more...] about Volcanic Eruptions and Global Temperature
From Rod Kerkhoven in South Australia
I saw this one man from Adelaide University at Milang and I asked him about these barrages and he said that if they let the sea in the caravan park would have been flooded. He mentioned something about the Surveyor General's Office telling the … [Read more...] about From Rod Kerkhoven in South Australia
The Need for a New Theory of Climate (Part 1)
KARL Popper and Thomas Kuhn, two great philosophers of science, agree that scientific progress involve the critical overthrow of theories and their replacement by alternative ones. For Popper the replacement occurs following the falsification of … [Read more...] about The Need for a New Theory of Climate (Part 1)
Scientific American Features Climate Sceptic
By frankly acknowledging mistakes and encouraging her colleagues to treat skeptics with respect, Judith Curry hopes to bring about a meeting of the minds. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Scientific American Features Climate Sceptic
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.