Climate & Climate Change

No change in atmospheric CO2, but: THE drought-breaking La Nina weather pattern has finally kicked in, bringing flooding rains along the eastern coast and filling the tributaries that feed into the dying Murray-Darling river system. Forecasters are … [Read more...] about La Nina the Drought-Breaker

Dr. Nils-Axel Mörner is the head of the Paleogeophysics and Geodynamics department at Stockholm University in Sweden. He is past president (1999-2003) of the INQUA Commission on Sea Level Changes and Coastal Evolution, and leader of the Maldives Sea … [Read more...] about IPCC Accused of Falsifying Sea Level Data

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd last night did an about-face on deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, days after Australia's delegation backed the plan at the climate talks in Bali. A government representative at the talks this week said Australia backed … [Read more...] about Oz Bali U-Turn, and Next Stop Hawaii?

Looks as though I managed to spell Kangaroo correctly this time. Could this help Rudd 'save the planet,' even though atmospheric Methane levels are stable or falling? Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and … [Read more...] about Australia to Develop Eco-Friendly Kangaroo-Style Stomachs for Cattle?

Dr David Whitehouse is an astronomer and author of 'The Sun: A Biography' (John Wiley, 2004). He has written an article for The Independent, normally the home of hype and alarmism about the small, diminishing logarithmic effect of increased … [Read more...] about A Biography of the Sun

The Bali climate conference has inevitably put Indonesia under the media spotlight. The conference itself is not the only story deemed to be newsworthy: Indonesian scientists say many of Indonesia's islands may be swallowed up by the sea if world … [Read more...] about Indonesia Under the Media Spotlight