Global temperatures this year will be lower than in 2007 due to the cooling effect of the La Nina current in the Pacific, UN meteorologists have said. The World Meteorological Organisation's secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, told the BBC it was … [Read more...] about WMO: Global Temperatures in 2008 will be Lower than in 2007
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Redistributing the Billions from Emissions Trading: A Note from John Roskam
"You can do a lot of damage with $10 billion. It can be used to build a lot of halls of fame and finance a lot of local community groups. In short, $10 billion can fund a lot of porkbarrelling in a lot of marginal seats. Ten billion dollars is how … [Read more...] about Redistributing the Billions from Emissions Trading: A Note from John Roskam
Whaling: Rune has Resigned from the High North Alliance.
Our friend Rune Frövik, Secretary of the High North Alliance, has resigned according to a Norwegian newspaper, Fiskeribladet. The charismatic Rune has had many fights with Greenpeace and participated in CITES and IWC meetings. Rune has as well … [Read more...] about Whaling: Rune has Resigned from the High North Alliance.
IPCC Underestimate the CO2 Challenge
Climate policy expert Roger Pielke Jr, climatologist Tom Wigley, and economist Christopher Green lay out in a commentary article published in Nature why they think that the emission scenarios the IPCC produced nearly a decade ago, which are still … [Read more...] about IPCC Underestimate the CO2 Challenge
Climate Audit: IPCC Review Editors Comments Online
IPCC Review Editors have an extremely important function under IPCC procedures. In prior discussion of the Replies by WG1 Chapter Authors to Review Comments, we noted their unresponsiveness on issues that we were familiar with e.g. the deletion of … [Read more...] about Climate Audit: IPCC Review Editors Comments Online
Climate Change Less Threatening to Declared Reserves?
Last August, a panel of scientists from the Australian Greenhouse Office and the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), called on the federal and state governments to expand the number of nature reserves in Australia in … [Read more...] about Climate Change Less Threatening to Declared Reserves?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
