WORLD leaders are meeting in Italy and high on the agenda is climate change, in particular the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Today’s declaration to reduce emissions by 50 percent globally by 2050 is aspiration. I say this because if it … [Read more...] about The World in 2050: Nuclear Powered
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Man of Science, Alan Carlin, on YouTube
Time for New Climate Policies?
An international group of academics is urging world leaders to abandon their current policies on climate change. The authors of How to Get Climate Policy Back on Course say the strategy based on overall emissions cuts has failed and will continue to … [Read more...] about Time for New Climate Policies?
Fielding the Hard Questions (Part 6)
"But as world-ranked climate scientist Professor Roger Pielke Sr noted this week, three recent papers confirm that even the oceans seem to have stopped rising and warming since about 2004, or at least have slowed in doing so." Read more here. … [Read more...] about Fielding the Hard Questions (Part 6)
Framing Science
Research suggests frames are a key influence in shaping people's response to science and technology. But there is no agreement on who should be allowed to do the official framing. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Framing Science
No Solar: A Note from Viv Forbes
AUSTRALIAN electricity consumers can look forward to soaring charges for electricity and blackouts if state and federal politicians continue to undermine the power grid by mandating and subsidising solar power generation. Solar power can never … [Read more...] about No Solar: A Note from Viv Forbes