The World Conservation Union (The IUCN) has just released it ‘red list’ for 2006 with the headline: "The number of known threatened species reaches 16,119. The ranks of those facing extinction are joined by familiar species like the polar bear, … [Read more...] about 16,119 Species Threatened with Extinction?
New Zealand Contrarians to Audit IPCC?
According to the New Zealand Herald: "A group of leading climate scientists has announced the formation of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition, aimed at refuting what it believes are unfounded claims about man-made global warming. "We believe … [Read more...] about New Zealand Contrarians to Audit IPCC?
Lots of Temperature Ups and Downs Over Last Six Centuries: Gabriele Hegerl
Climatologists at Duke University in the US have been running some simulations for the Northern Hemisphere and in their latest press release are suggesting that the higher range temperature scenarios are unlikely but nevertheless give a probability … [Read more...] about Lots of Temperature Ups and Downs Over Last Six Centuries: Gabriele Hegerl
Good News, Price of Carbon Falls
The price of emitting one tonne of CO2 in Europe fell from €30 last Monday to €16.50 on Thursday. This followed news that France, Estonia, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and the Walloon region of Belgium all had a surplus of carbon credit, … [Read more...] about Good News, Price of Carbon Falls
Ian Castles on Unsatisfactory Explanations & Climate Modelling
Ian Castles commented earlier this evening that: According to the ‘passionate claim’ introducing this thread [C02 Drives Climate: Svante Arrhenius], "we have no alternative to the enhanced greenhouse effect, we have no alternative theory of … [Read more...] about Ian Castles on Unsatisfactory Explanations & Climate Modelling
March of the Penguins
It's really a documentary about the lifecycle of Emperor penguins in the Antarctic. But I'm going to go along with the movie critiques and romantics who have described 'March of the Penguins', a Warner Independent and National Geographic film, as an … [Read more...] about March of the Penguins
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
