Climategate was the scandal that erupted in the lead-up to Copenhagen resulting from the release of over one thousand emails detailing correspondence between leading climate scientists exposing conspiracy and collusion including how to stack review … [Read more...] about Another Report into Climategate
The Value of Water to the Queensland Government: A Note from Tony
IN all the controversy over management of dams in South East Queensland, it is worth considering the value of the resource to the nominal owners, the Queensland Government, who sell that water to consumers. With the aid of the Wivenhoe … [Read more...] about The Value of Water to the Queensland Government: A Note from Tony
Looking for AGW in a Sea of Natural Variability: Drought to Flood (Part 1): A Note from Luke Walker
After the Queensland floods, Stewart Franks’ research on the interaction of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) driving cycles of drought and flood in Australia has been advanced as the rebuttal to the … [Read more...] about Looking for AGW in a Sea of Natural Variability: Drought to Flood (Part 1): A Note from Luke Walker
Nerang River and Sealevel Rise
Dear Jen Yesterday was the highest tide of the year and the highest for the last 12 months and the photo of the sea level against this old sea-wall, I took this morning at the top of the tide at slack water. We built this wall 48 years ago … [Read more...] about Nerang River and Sealevel Rise
Conservatism and Inland Water Management: A Note from David Boyd
I think it was John Howard who once described a conservative as someone who did not believe that everything his grandfather said was necessarily wrong! Nobody could accuse present day water managers (bureaucrats and attention seeking scientific … [Read more...] about Conservatism and Inland Water Management: A Note from David Boyd
National Broadcaster Willfully Ignores the Evidence
A week ago, our national broadcaster, the ABC, interviewed both Stewart Franks, Newcastle University, and David Karoly, Melbourne University, on the alleged impact of global warming on the floods. Professor Karoly blamed carbon dioxide and his … [Read more...] about National Broadcaster Willfully Ignores the Evidence