ACCORDING to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) the oceans are warming [1]. But the IPCC does not explain the underlying physical mechanism, the IPCC does not explain from first principles how the oceans warm. In 2000, in a short … [Read more...] about How the Oceans Get Warm? (Rephrased)
Archives for July 2012
Climate4You Update
Dear Jennifer, Please find below a link which will take you directly to a monthly newsletter (ca. 1.5 MB) with global meteorological information updated to June 2012: http://www.climate4you.com/Text/Climate4you_June_2012.pdf All temperatures … [Read more...] about Climate4You Update
Facebook, And
I've a Facebook account and I've started posting information there that is not about the natural environment, but that I think is important. A reader of this blog, Neville, sent me a link to a podcast of Alan Jones on 2GB talking this morning about … [Read more...] about Facebook, And
How the Oceans Get Warm: Robert E. Stevenson
THERE are only ever a small number of scientists who can explain a phenomenon from first principles and these experts will often speak in jargon that is unintelligible[1]. But every so often one comes across a real expert who appears to not only … [Read more...] about How the Oceans Get Warm: Robert E. Stevenson
IPCC Commissioned Report Damning of IPCC Processes and Procedures
THE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) commissioned a review of its processes and procedures with a report handed down in October 2010, but only just now made publically available at its website.[1] I’ve only just started to examine … [Read more...] about IPCC Commissioned Report Damning of IPCC Processes and Procedures
How Scientific Ideas Become Fashionable (Part 1)
THERE is no doubt that many people are susceptible to the repetition of a single message. No matter how stupid the message, if enough people say it often enough, a large percentage of those who hear it will begin to believe it. That’s the basis of … [Read more...] about How Scientific Ideas Become Fashionable (Part 1)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
