Finding anthropogenic global warming (AGW) shapes in the fog of variability is a major challenge, simply because natural climate variability is large. And then the problem becomes attributing those changes to a climate mechanism in an interlinked … [Read more...] about Looking for AGW in a Sea of Natural Variability: Declining Rainfall in SW Western Australia (Part 2) – A Note from Luke Walker
Opinion
What’s Not Important to Murray River Modellers
I stayed in a house by the Murray River just upstream from Barham in the Central Murray Valley in November 2007. Every morning I drank a large glass of water from the kitchen tap; water that had been pumped straight from the river. The water … [Read more...] about What’s Not Important to Murray River Modellers
What to Listen to, and Read, This Week
1. Michael Duffy in Conversation with Stewart Franks This afternoon at 4pm the very clever climate scientist Stewart Franks will be on ABC Radio National’s Counterpoint in conversation with Michael Duffy. Make sure you listen … [Read more...] about What to Listen to, and Read, This Week
More Politics from Ross Garnaut: A Note from Des Moore
LAST November Ross Garnaut was commissioned, for an unknown fee, to produce an Update of the Review of climate change he completed in 2008. Garnaut is an economist who describes himself as an independent expert but he acts like a believer in a … [Read more...] about More Politics from Ross Garnaut: A Note from Des Moore
Gay & Lesbian Lobby Attacking Freedom of Speech
Two corporations, IBM and the ANZ Bank, are part of a boycott of this blog and my advertising revenue has plummeted. It was never a lot of money, but it had helped pay the bills. The boycott is a consequence of an article attacking gay marriage … [Read more...] about Gay & Lesbian Lobby Attacking Freedom of Speech
Britain’s Forests for Sale
In Australia the general trend is for governments to lock-up more and more forest often through the conversion of land managed as forest reserve into national park. The conversion of land into national park is often accompanied by a reduction in … [Read more...] about Britain’s Forests for Sale