Jennifer Marohasy

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What to Listen to, Read, and Action This Week

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Consider this an open thread.  Let other readers of this blog know what you are watching, listening to, and reading, this week by way of a comment.

I was pleased to receive the March 2011 newsletter, Climate4You, with meteorological information from Ole Humlum* just yesterday.   It seems global warming continues to stall. 😉

The document is available at
http://www.climate4you.com/Text/Climate4you_February_2011.pdf

All temperatures are shown in degrees Celsius.

Previous issues of the newsletter, diagrams and supplementary material are available on http://www.climate4you.com/

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* Ole Humlum, Professor of Physical Geography  Department of Physical Geography, Institute of Geosciences  University of Oslo, Box 1042 Blindern

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  1. Larry Fields says

    This isn’t the newest news, but it’s huge biochemical news. I apologize in advance if someone has already posted this in a previous open thread. The title of the article is:
    Discovery of “Arsenic-bug” Expands Definition of Life
    http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/02dec_monolake/

    Scientists have discovered a special type of bacteria in Mono Lake, California. These beasties substitute arsenic–which is abundant in Mono Lake–for phosphous in their DNA! (Both elements are in the same group of the Periodic Table.)

    There’s an obvious exobiology angle. There’s also a less obvious application that wasn’t mentioned in the article.

    Much of Bangladesh’s groundwater, which people drink, has high levels of naturally-occurring arsenic. The Mono Lake bacteria could be used in water-purification plants to bio-accumulate the arsenic. But I have no idea how much it would cost.

  2. jennifer says

    CANBERRA
    Weds 23 March, 12:00pm
    Parliament House
    Facebook
    Website: http://www.nocarbontaxrally.com/ (CATA Consumers and Taxpayers Association)
    Speakers include Joe Hockey, David Archibald, Bob Carter, Angry Anderson, John Madigan, and possibly quite a few others.
    There are at least 30 buses organized for this already. Please sign up by tomorrow if you want a lift from Melbourne or Sydney.

    PERTH
    Weds 23 March, 10:30am
    Parliament House, Harvest Terrace, Perth
    Janet Thompson 0417 815 595, mmattjanet@westnet.com.au
    The Facebook page for the Perth Protest
    Protest posters here and here. (Can be printed and posted at your local shop, or library. Please!)
    Speakers: Jo Nova, David Evans

    ADELAIDE
    Weds 23 March, 10:30am
    Parliament House
    Email: shirl.162@bigpond.com
    The Facebook page for Adelaide
    Website: AxeTheCarbonTax
    Contact: Damian Wyld, 8363 5044, info@axethecarbontax.org

    MELBOURNE
    Weds 23 March 10:30am
    Federation Square, 10am, Melbourne
    (Close to Flinders St Station).
    1.5 km walk to Parliament House
    Contact: stevenjan777@hotmail.com or colinjely@gmail.com
    Facebook for Victorian Protesters

    SYDNEY
    Sat 2 April, 10:30am
    Sydney Town Hall, Macquarie Street, Sydney
    Facebook – NSW Protesters

    BRISBANE
    7 May, 10:30am
    Location: To be advised
    Facebook for Brisbane Protestors
    Contact: Natalie Keys, natalie.keys@uqconnect.edu.au 0430 356 608
    See also:
    Revolt Against A Carbon Tax
    Stop Gillard’s Carbon Tax
    Menzies House

    Tim Wells is organising a rally this coming Wednesday, 23.03.11 against the Greens-ALP carbon dioxide tax.

    Date: Wednesday, 23.03.11
    Venue: Meet at King George Square
    Time: 12:30pm
    Agenda: Speeches until 1:15pm followed by march through Queen Street Mall, along George Street to parliament house and repeat protest there. The only topic is ending the carbon dioxide tax and its certain destructive effect on our economy.
    Welcome to bring placards and signs.