Hunters in Nunavut's Baffin Bay [a region near Greenland] will be able to kill up to 105 polar bears this season, after the territory's environment minister agreed to leave the quota unchanged. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Polar Bear Hunt Quota for Baffin Bay Announced
UN Chief Misled Sydney Audience
LAST month, a regular reader of this blog, Michael Duffy, witnessed something shocking: "Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, was giving a talk at the University of NSW [in Sydney, Australia]. The talk was … [Read more...] about UN Chief Misled Sydney Audience
Michael Crichton Dies Aged Just 66
MICHAEL Crichton, author of more than a dozen best-selling science fiction adventures including 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Andromeda Strain', and also a well known global warming sceptic, died of cancer in Los Angeles, aged 66, on Tuesday. My … [Read more...] about Michael Crichton Dies Aged Just 66
How Melbourne’s Climate Has Changed: A reply to Dr David Jones (Part 6)
Dr David Jones, the head of climate analysis at the Bureau of Meteorology, recently attributed a decline in Melbourne’s rainfall to global warming. Amongst various comments, he claimed in The Age that the autumn drying trend could be linked to … [Read more...] about How Melbourne’s Climate Has Changed: A reply to Dr David Jones (Part 6)
How To Censor a Climate Sceptic
Dr Roy Spencer is a well known climate sceptic who has published extensively in mainstream peer-reviewed scientific journals and earlier this year had a popular book published entitled ‘Climate Confusion’. Yesterday, November 3, 2008, two … [Read more...] about How To Censor a Climate Sceptic
November 4, America Votes, Including on Energy
The United States presidential election of 2008 is scheduled for today, November 4. While the campaign was dominated initially by foreign policy and more recently by the financial crisis, there are other issues including energy. The likely new … [Read more...] about November 4, America Votes, Including on Energy
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
