Thanks to Luke Walker for alerting us to this story. Luke asks if this is controversial fiddling or good science? Graphic courtesy of NOAA GREENHOUSE GASES LIKELY DROVE NEAR-RECORD U.S. WARMTH IN 2006 Greenhouse gases likely accounted for more … [Read more...] about Another temperature adjustment makes 2006 second warmest to 1998 in the USA
Pulp Mill Debate getting sillier by the Minute! A note from Cinders.
Just when the ALP Leader Kevin Rudd and his Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett AM, MP, are being urged to bury the Ghost of former Environment Minister Graham “Richo” Richardson we see for Liberal … [Read more...] about Pulp Mill Debate getting sillier by the Minute! A note from Cinders.
Tasmanian Forests – The Wildcard in Australian Politics (Part 2)
According to Caroline Overington from The Australian, political aspirant Geoffrey Cousins’ inspiration is attributed to The Monthly’s Out of Control - The tragedy of Tasmania’s forests, by Richard Flanagan. It is certainly a powerful lot of words … [Read more...] about Tasmanian Forests – The Wildcard in Australian Politics (Part 2)
New research supports Milankovitch theory of ice age cycles
Any reader not familiar with Milankovitch can read the Wiki write up here. I'd already considered posting this interesting new Nature paper entitled 'Northern Hemisphere forcing of climatic cycles in Antarctica over the past 360,000 years,' so when … [Read more...] about New research supports Milankovitch theory of ice age cycles
Climate sensitive to solar cycles and CO2 – a note from Luke
For the first time a globally coherent solar cycle response to the surface temperature has been established. Charles Camp and Ka Kit Tung report in Geophysical Research Letters (DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030207) that global temperatures oscillated by 0.2C … [Read more...] about Climate sensitive to solar cycles and CO2 – a note from Luke
Richard Ness Sends A Letter To ‘Friends of the Earth’: A Blog Post from Eric
Earlier this week the Australian chapter of 'Friends of the Earth' posted a statement on their website in response to comments made by Australian Senator Ian Macdonald. The press release stated: National environmental organisation, Friends of the … [Read more...] about Richard Ness Sends A Letter To ‘Friends of the Earth’: A Blog Post from Eric
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
