Climate & Climate Change

Destruction of mangrove forests in Burma left coastal areas exposed to the devastating force of the weekend's cyclone, a top politician suggests. ASEAN secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan said coastal developments had resulted in mangroves, which act … [Read more...] about Cyclone: Mangrove Loss Left Burma Exposed, but Gore Blames Global Warming

The orthodoxy has been that as a consequence of greenhouse gas emissions global temperatures will continue to increase. But what is really meant by global temperatures? According to James Hansen from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies … [Read more...] about Measuring the Surface Air Temperature (Part 1)

There won't be much, if any, coverage in the media about the unprecedented high in the Southern Hemisphere sea ice anomaly, so a self-explanatory graphic is posted below of the 1979 to present anomaly from the 1979 to 2000 mean: We will, of … [Read more...] about Sea Ice Update: Unprecedented SH High, Rapid NH Recovery

More than 1,500 people have fled their homes in southern Chile after the Chaiten volcano erupted, throwing a huge cloud of ash and lava into the sky. More than 1,500 people have fled their homes in southern Chile after the Chaiten volcano erupted, … [Read more...] about Volcano Erupts in Chile

"There are some other good Antipodean blogs that regularly touch on climate change. The mainstream view is represented by the University of NSW's Tim Lambert at scienceblogs.com/deltoid, while the sceptics get a run at my favourite environmental … [Read more...] about Climate Debate on the Web