Climate & Climate Change

"Many have criticised the scientific debate [on climate change] for becoming politicised – whether that be in terms of underplaying or overplaying the dangers presented by climate change – and this is an important issue to explore. But what has … [Read more...] about Digging Up the Roots of the IPCC : An Essay by Tony Gilland

The 2006 hurricane season ended on 30th November with the number of hurricanes that qualified as "major" - category 3 or above - 50 percent below NOAA forecasts and not a single hurricane made landfall. Hurricane Dean is the first for this 2007 … [Read more...] about 2007 Hurricane Season Begins with a Category 5

Hello Jennifer, My paper, “Rhodes Fairbridge and the idea that the solar system regulates the earth’s climate”** has now been published. Here is the link: http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/ics2007/pdf/ICS176.pdf I would be most grateful if … [Read more...] about Rhodes Fairbridge and the Idea that the Solar System Regulates the Earth’s Climate: A New Paper by Richard Mackey

From Benny Pieser's CCNet: Mistreatment of the economic impacts of extreme events in the Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change Abstract The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change has focused debate on the costs and … [Read more...] about More Stern criticism – a new paper by Roger Pielke Jr.

Yes, not a recent newspaper article, but the page 2 headline in the Nov. 2, 1922 edition of The Washington Post, discovered by John Lockwood at the Library of Congress in Washington DC - a reminder that the 1920's and 1930's were warm. In fact, 1934 … [Read more...] about “Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Icebergs Melt.” A note from Woody.

Parliamentary legislatures around the world, diverse though they are, generally all share a committee system of review. The review process usually consists of either ad hoc or standing committees that are convened to discuss particular issues or … [Read more...] about Parliaments Review the Evidence on Global Warming: A Note from Bob Carter