THERE are 3,000 free-drifting buoys in the world’s ocean; first deployed in the year 2000 they allow continuous monitoring of the temperature, salinity, and velocity of the upper ocean. There has though been some difficulty in interpreting the … [Read more...] about The Ocean Really is Cooling
Belief in AGW Declining
SINCE Gallup began tracking domestic sentiment on global warming in 1997, American views that climate change was being underestimated were at their highest in 2001 and 2006 (the year An Inconvenient Truth came out). The poll also saw declines from … [Read more...] about Belief in AGW Declining
West Antarctica To Collapse Again – But Not Soon
CLIMATE change has always been driven by the sun, the earth’s orbit and plate tectonics, at least that is what many so-called sceptic would argue. In a new paper in this week’s journal Nature Tim Naish and colleagues conclude that there is a … [Read more...] about West Antarctica To Collapse Again – But Not Soon
Shell To Speed Development of Next Generation Biofuels
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL has become the world’s largest distributor of biofuels. Shell is also a leader in the development of next generation biofuels, using non-food bio materials, alternative processes and high performance fuels. That's according to a … [Read more...] about Shell To Speed Development of Next Generation Biofuels
Weather Bureau Blows Budget on New SuperComputers
THE Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the Australian National University will spend $30 million on two new supercomputers that will more accurately predict cyclones, tsunamis and the effects of climate change. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Weather Bureau Blows Budget on New SuperComputers
De-Development and Australian Agriculture
NO Longer is it enough to talk about growing intelligently or using technology to meet long-term problems. Instead, scarcity politics seeks to slow and even reverse material progress through what President Obama's science adviser, John Holdren, calls … [Read more...] about De-Development and Australian Agriculture
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
