Climate & Climate Change

Hi Jennifer, Following on from the discussion at 'Carbon Dioxide versus Temperature' I have done two plots first is the normalises annual mean CO2 growth rate with annual fossil fuel usage the second is normalised CO2 mean growth rate compared with … [Read more...] about Plotting Carbon Dioxide Mostly For Fun: Jan Pompe

The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change is the first major international conference to focus on issues and questions not answered by advocates of the theory of man-made global warming. Hundreds of scientists, economists, and public … [Read more...] about The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change: I’m off to New York

According to Lance Endersbee: The CO2 levels in the atmosphere are damped by the oceans. The oceans are a huge source and sink for volatile gases. The surface area of the oceans is vast in relation to the depth of the oceans and the … [Read more...] about Carbon Dioxide versus Temperature

The debate over whether there is an observable link between global warming and hurricanes rumbles on. In this week's Nature journal there is a comment and reply arising from Nyberg et al, Nature 447, 698-701 (7 June 2007): Low Atlantic hurricane … [Read more...] about Is Recent Major Hurricane Activity Normal? Comment and Reply in Nature

Releasing his Interim Report in Adelaide [Australia] today, Professor Ross Garnaut who was appointed by the new Labor government to provide policy advice on climate change, said that Australia should promote strong global action on climate change and … [Read more...] about Garnaut Confirms Need to Cut Emissions by 60 Percent

Philosopher Karl Popper claimed in his book ‘The Logic of Scientific Discovery’ that a hypothesis, proposition or theory is scientific only if it is falsifiable: "Logically, no number of positive outcomes at the level of experimental testing can … [Read more...] about Are Climate Models Falsifiable?