Climate & Climate Change

Australia has ratified the Kyoto Protocol. This was Kevin Rudd’s first official act as the new Australian Prime Minister. But according to an international law expert, Donald Rothwell, without domestic legislation in place the new government could … [Read more...] about New Australian Prime Minister Wrong to Fast Track Kyoto Ratification?

Reality seems to be obstructing any meaningful deal in Bali - looks like another holiday, sorry, I mean conference, will be needed, somewhere else 'nice.' In public, climate scientists and European politicians are generally optimistic that rising … [Read more...] about Reality Arrives in Bali

If you thought global warming hysteria couldn't get any worse, think again: A WEST Australian medical expert wants families to pay a $5000-plus "baby levy" at birth and an annual carbon tax of up to $800 a child. Writing in today's Medical Journal … [Read more...] about Baby tax needed to save the planet

In terms of climate change and variability on the regional and local scale, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) report on surface and tropospheric temperature trends, and the U.S. … [Read more...] about Interview with Roger Pielke Sr

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