Governments across Europe declared states of emergency and ordered factories to close as Russia cut all gas supplies through Ukraine yesterday in their worsening dispute over unpaid bills. Read more here. … [Read more...] about It’s Cold in Europe
A Cold Snap in a Warming World?
"A COLD front is sweeping across Europe after gripping swathes of North America last month, but the deep freeze does not mean the threat of global warming has abated, caution scientists." [Read more here.] But at least one cartoonist in … [Read more...] about A Cold Snap in a Warming World?
Surface-based Temperature Records
THE warmaholics are fond of using the phrase "official records going back to 1850", but the simple facts are that prior to the 1970s, surface-based temperatures from a few indiscriminate, mostly backyard locations in Europe and the US are fatally … [Read more...] about Surface-based Temperature Records
29 Years of Global Temperatures Based on Satellite Data
I have previously written that in not so many years time weather station data will perhaps be collected more for fun, a sense of history and for site-specific information, than for serious regional and global climate statistics. In the future it … [Read more...] about 29 Years of Global Temperatures Based on Satellite Data
Annual Australian Climate Statement 2008
IT came out on Monday. But I have only just seen it – the climate summary for Australia for 2008. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology could have concluded that last year was the third coolest this century, but instead opted for 14th warmest on … [Read more...] about Annual Australian Climate Statement 2008
Crazy Claims from Climate Scientist
This is absured, but true: Australia's use of coal and carbon emissions policies are guaranteeing the “destruction of much of the life on the planet”, a leading NASA scientist has written in a letter to Barack Obama. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Crazy Claims from Climate Scientist
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
