Conventional thinking treats ice primarily as a consequence of climate change: when the planet cools, ice grows; when the planet warms, ice melts. Alex Pope has convinced me that this view is mostly wrong. Furthermore, Alex’s somewhat radical … [Read more...] about How Climate Works. Part 5, Freeze with Alex Pope
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Be Part of the Climate Resilience Conversation – Last Chance to Register
Before climate science became ‘settled science’, there were various theories suggesting that because the amount of carbon dissolved in the Earth’s oceans exceeds that in the atmosphere by about a factor of 60, the atmospheric CO₂ content must be … [Read more...] about Be Part of the Climate Resilience Conversation – Last Chance to Register
Oceans Warm Atmosphere with Meteorologist William Kininmonth – Audio and Summaries
One of my interests is in understanding how and why the climate is so stable, for sure it has been over the last several thousand years. Where I live, on the Tropic of Capricorn, daily atmospheric temperatures may fluctuate by 20C, yet the … [Read more...] about Oceans Warm Atmosphere with Meteorologist William Kininmonth – Audio and Summaries
Oceans Warms Atmosphere, with Meteorologist Bill Kininmonth
Australia experienced severe drought during the 1990s, and for much of that decade Australia’s National Climate Centre was headed by meteorologist Bill Kininmonth. He provided advice to government and also to the IPCC. Bill subsequently published … [Read more...] about Oceans Warms Atmosphere, with Meteorologist Bill Kininmonth
Monitoring to Avoid Cyclone Damage – Denial. Part 3.
It is purportedly the intension of The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), specifically their Long Term Monitoring program, to detect changes in reef communities at a number of different scales including at the scale of the individual … [Read more...] about Monitoring to Avoid Cyclone Damage – Denial. Part 3.
Reading the Rocks, Another Highest Tide Day – More Fun
I was out again yesterday, scrambling over the rocks below Boiling Pot Lookout in Noosa National Park. It is what biologists enjoying doing most, observing nature close up. All the better when you can sit-in your favourite marine pothole and see … [Read more...] about Reading the Rocks, Another Highest Tide Day – More Fun
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
