It was hailed as proof that the world has warmed, the preliminary findings released with much fanfare just a week ago from a new and more accurate method of computing changes in world temperatures. At least that was the claim made at the time by the … [Read more...] about No Global Warming for 13 Years
Archives for October 2011
Bad Farmers Produce More Food
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs and you can’t grow food without water – and lots of it. That’s reality. But fashion dictates that farmers pretend otherwise. Consider the ‘Rice and the Environment’ page at the Ricegrower’s … [Read more...] about Bad Farmers Produce More Food
Cardinal Attacks Primitive Climate Change Religion
IF the saying ‘it takes one to know one’ has any truth then the extraordinary attack by Cardinal George Pell on the science of anthropogenic global warming in a recent lecture given in Westminster Cathedral Hall, London, has special significance. … [Read more...] about Cardinal Attacks Primitive Climate Change Religion
Reflections on the ‘Malthusian Catastrophe’ as the World Approaches 7 Billion
ON October 31, 2011 the world’s population will top seven billion. That’s according to expert opinion and a recent article in Nature.[1] Writing in 1798, when there were less than one billion people on planet earth, Thomas Malthus suggested that … [Read more...] about Reflections on the ‘Malthusian Catastrophe’ as the World Approaches 7 Billion
Business Must Answer to ‘Occupy Wall Street’: Adam Creighton
I don't usually touch on economics at this blog, unless there is a clear science link, because it is not something I know much about. But I was so pleased to read the following piece by Adam Creighton this morning at On Line Opinion. It clearly … [Read more...] about Business Must Answer to ‘Occupy Wall Street’: Adam Creighton
Earth Warming According to New Berkeley Analysis
"Global warming is real, according to a major study released today. Despite issues raised by climate change skeptics, the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature study finds reliable evidence of a rise in the average world land temperature of … [Read more...] about Earth Warming According to New Berkeley Analysis