It is not so many years ago that Professor Ian Lowe published a book* explaining, "there is a great scientific tradition of scepticism, generally a good thing because it keeps us honest and forces us to justify our conclusions." But then he went on … [Read more...] about Marc Morano Isn’t Going on Holidays: List of Climate Change Skeptics Grows
Climate & Climate Change
Lots of Examples of Cold Weather in 2007
I am waiting for the official reports that will come out in January 2008 telling us how much hotter or colder this year has been relative to the long term average, but in the meantime the following opinion piece by David Deming, a geophysicist at the … [Read more...] about Lots of Examples of Cold Weather in 2007
Of Kookaburras and Catbirds
According to our most outspoken local adherent to Al Gore, business owners within the Daintree Cape Tribulation rainforest community need to start taking some responsibility and planning for a very different future to what we are used to. We cannot … [Read more...] about Of Kookaburras and Catbirds
UN Climate Change Conference Ends
Rachmat Witoelar, Indonesia's Environment Minister, closed the United Nation's Climate Change Conference in Bali yesterday with comment that, "We have a Roadmap! I am delighted to say that we have finally achieved the breakthrough the world has … [Read more...] about UN Climate Change Conference Ends
How Many Scientists Really Subscribe to the IPCC Climate Crisis?
"It’s an assertion repeated by politicians and climate campaigners the world over – ‘2,500 scientists of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) agree that humans are causing a climate crisis’. "But it’s not true. And, … [Read more...] about How Many Scientists Really Subscribe to the IPCC Climate Crisis?
Something for the Weekend
I'm off to Reading in Berkshire for my wife's employer's annual Christmas party - so much to my wife's delight, I'll be well over 100 miles away from my laptop for most of the weekend. Meanwhile, here are a few bits and bobs: Magma May Be Melting … [Read more...] about Something for the Weekend