Global warming due to increasing greenhouse gases is responsible for some of the overall heating observed in Los Angeles and the rest of California. Most of the increase in heat days and length of heat waves, however, is due to a phenomenon called … [Read more...] about Dramatic Urbanization Warms California
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Key Australian Government Advisor Hands Down Final Report on Climate Change
The Australian Government's climate change adviser, Professor Ross Garnaut, says a global agreement must be reached to successfully reduce the world's carbon emissions and has urged action without delay. Indeed Professor Garnaut went so far as to … [Read more...] about Key Australian Government Advisor Hands Down Final Report on Climate Change
Financial Crash, Not Good for Concept of Carbon Trading
The proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street failed to pass the US Congress last night. Across the world disappointed investors are now fleeing stock markets as the global economy teeters on ruin. With the likely arrival of more austere … [Read more...] about Financial Crash, Not Good for Concept of Carbon Trading
Bill Kininmonth to Speak at Melbourne Forum
A branch of the Victorian Liberal Party has been attacked for holding a climate science forum in Melbourne that will hear only one, unfashionable point of view: the skeptics. For more information on this, and other environment-related events, visit … [Read more...] about Bill Kininmonth to Speak at Melbourne Forum
BBC Misrepresented Climate Skeptics
The BBC is being investigated by television watchdogs after a leading climate change sceptic claimed his views were deliberately misrepresented. Lord Monckton, a former adviser to Margaret Thatcher, says he was made to look like a ‘potty peer’ on a … [Read more...] about BBC Misrepresented Climate Skeptics
Carbon Emissions Scaling Record Peaks
A new report by a research consortium called the Global Carbon Project has confirmed that China leapfrogged the United States in 2006 as the world's biggest carbon emitter and India is heading for third place. The report also claims global … [Read more...] about Carbon Emissions Scaling Record Peaks
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
