"I've been listening to reports all afternoon that the Japanese whaling ship Shonan Maru rammed the Sea Shepherds' Ady Gil while it was stationary. This report ought to have been regarded with suspicion... Ships are rarely stationary at sea. Read … [Read more...] about Confirmation Bias Rams Japanese
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Update August 1, 2010 - There will be a federal election in Australian on August 21, 2010. Neither of the major parties has a serious climate change policy. 'Least-worst climate policy?' by Jennifer Marohasy at Quadrant Online. Update June 21, … [Read more...] about Postscript
Lance Endersbee (1925-2009): Civil Engineer, Academic, Scientific Sceptic, Mentor
I NEVER met Professor Endersbee, but we corresponded by email. He contacted me about six years ago when I was working on the Murray River and water issues. He expressed concern about Australia’s great artesian basin and over extraction of what he … [Read more...] about Lance Endersbee (1925-2009): Civil Engineer, Academic, Scientific Sceptic, Mentor
Scientist Steve Schneider Flips Fears
On the TV show In Search Of...The Coming Ice Age, Steven Schneider wonders whether mankind should intervene in staving off a coming ice age. Watch the old footage on YouTube here. … [Read more...] about Scientist Steve Schneider Flips Fears
Working to Develop More Reliable Methodology: Keith Briffa
THE United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and most others who believe in anthropogenic global warming (AGW), have been influenced by the work of climatologists relying on tree-ring data to reconstruct past climate because … [Read more...] about Working to Develop More Reliable Methodology: Keith Briffa
Leading UK Climate Scientists Must Explain or Resign
MOST scientific sceptics have been dismissive of the various reconstructions of temperature which suggest 1998 is the warmest year of the past millennium. Our case has been significantly bolstered over the last week with statistician Steve … [Read more...] about Leading UK Climate Scientists Must Explain or Resign