Climate & Climate Change

Map courtesy of PIRSA The map above shows Goyder's Line, which is defined by Wiki as 'a boundary line across South Australia corresponding to a rainfall boundary believed to indicate the edge of the area suitable for agriculture. North of Goyder's … [Read more...] about Shifting Line, Shifting Climate?

John Brignell of Number Watch has a comprehensive list of everything that has been attributed to global warming here. An recent article from The Age adds fashion to the list: Fashion warms to reality of climate change LEADING international fashion … [Read more...] about Fashion – Another Victim of Global Warming

From ABC News: New northern ice age could send refugees to Aust A new study from the Australian National University (ANU) has found that this country may not be as severely affected by a new ice age as countries in the Northern Hemisphere. ANU … [Read more...] about Australian Paleoclimatologist Warns of a New Ice Age

Excellent piece here from John McLean entitled 'Ignoring a Natural Event to Blame Humans.' In the last week of September 2007 we had yet another example of a well-recognized natural climate event being ignored in order to sell the notion that … [Read more...] about ENSO and The Great Pacific Climate Shift – The Relationship to Temperatures and Arctic Ice

Thanks to Luke Walker for blog post title and The Sydney Mornig Herald article: Three-headed dog cruels spring hopes DROUGHT-STRICKEN farmers could face spring rainfall that is up to 40 per cent below average because of a rare weather pattern last … [Read more...] about 1967, Dogs, and Rare Droughts

Below are a couple of papers from the latest edition of the Journal of Quaternary Science examining a possible solar link to climate: JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE (2007) 22(7) 659–665 Climatic change during the last 4000 years in the southern … [Read more...] about A Couple of Papers from JQS