Since the election of the Rudd Labor government last year Australians seem to be under some sort of delusion that what we do here in Australia will actually have an impact on global climate. These delusions seem to have increased with the release … [Read more...] about Australians Deluded by Latest Climate Change Report
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Reluctant Recognition of Rainforest Heritage
On the 11th July 1987, Australians voted the ALP and Bob Hawke into federal government. Labor’s campaign promise, to stop logging within Queensland’s Wet Tropical rainforests via World Heritage nomination, was well supported and true to its word, … [Read more...] about Reluctant Recognition of Rainforest Heritage
Me and My ‘Shadow’
Following the very sad and sudden death of our 12 year old Border Collie, we only managed two weeks without 'man's best friend' before heading off to the Border Collie Trust kennels to look at homeless Collies/Collie crosses. So, on Sunday 29th June … [Read more...] about Me and My ‘Shadow’
Draft Garnaut Climate Change Report Released
The Australian media has been concentrating on the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) of late. Today is the day that the draft (or should that be daft?) Garnaut Report on Climate Change is released. ABC News: Garnaut urges emissions trading scheme … [Read more...] about Draft Garnaut Climate Change Report Released
Atmospheric CO2 Not So Scary – Wheel Out Ocean ‘Acidification’
There are two articles of interest from a climate point of view in this week's Science magazine. The first is entitled: 'Large and Rapid Melt-Induced Velocity Changes in the Ablation Zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet' by R. S. W. van de Wal et al. The … [Read more...] about Atmospheric CO2 Not So Scary – Wheel Out Ocean ‘Acidification’
Japan Complains about the Kyoto Protocol
I gather from listening to the BBC 7.00am news on the way to work, that Japan is claiming that the terms of the Kyoto Protocol were loaded against them. The 1990 baseline favoured the likes of the UK and Germany - the Germans closed old, dirty, … [Read more...] about Japan Complains about the Kyoto Protocol
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
