Can the last 20 Christmas Island pipistrelle bats be saved? Read more here. … [Read more...] about Extinction by Committee?
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Confirmation Bias at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
THROUGH his ongoing study of US weather stations, Anthony Watts has uncovered some remarkable examples of poor placement resulting in a warming bias. I am increasingly of the opinion that the problem in Australia is not so much placement of weather … [Read more...] about Confirmation Bias at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
New Frogs
Jumping spiders, a striped gecko and a chirping frog are among more than 50 new species discovered in Papua-New Guinea, the environmental group Conservation International reported on Tuesday. Read more here. … [Read more...] about New Frogs
Climate Change Books
Al Gore will publish a follow-up to his global warming awareness bestseller An Inconvenient Truth in November. Meanwhile, Ian Plimer has already written a new book on climate change. Read more here and here. … [Read more...] about Climate Change Books
The Available Evidence Does Not Support Fossil Fuels as the Source of Increasing Concentrations of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (Part 1)
BECAUSE the increase in the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide has correlated with an increase in the use of fossil fuels, causation has been assumed. Tom Quirk has tested this assumption including through an analysis of the time delay … [Read more...] about The Available Evidence Does Not Support Fossil Fuels as the Source of Increasing Concentrations of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (Part 1)
Lowest Carbon Emitters in Bigger Cities
City folk, on average, emit less carbon dioxide than their country cousins. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Lowest Carbon Emitters in Bigger Cities
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
