Climate & Climate Change

According to Hilary Osborne writing for The Guardian: "Emissions from air travel have doubled since 1990, to make up 6 percent of the UK's carbon footprint. Forecasts suggest that the increase in flights will mean that by 2050, emissions from … [Read more...] about How to Count Don’t Count Planes, And Not Include Don’t Count Coal, While And We’ll Making Kyoto?

Under a double page headline 'Dire warning on rising sea levels', South Australia's Sunday Mail had what Paul Williams described as an "extraordinary article on climate change". Here's his critique: "On the right hand page are six maps of the … [Read more...] about The Climate Change Scare Campaign: A Note from Paul Willams

Why have we been in an out of drought for the last 15 years? Why has the distribution of rainfall over Australia changed? Perhaps we have a combination of natural variability combined with stratospheric ozone depletion, tropospheric greenhouse … [Read more...] about Why More Drought: A Note From Luke

To what extent can technology protect communities from climate extremes through early warning and disaster response strategies and by having appropriate building plans, codes and drainage infrastructure? Here's a comment from Paul Williams who's … [Read more...] about Build Dykes To Beat Global Warming: A Note from Paul Williams

I understand that the global warming models produced by the IPCC don’t take into account the possible influence of cosmic rays on climate? New research out of the Danish National Space Centre provides evidence to support the theory that cosmic rays … [Read more...] about Is there a Cosmic Ray – Global Warming Link?

I have been sent bits of information about particulate pollution and how this can reduce rainfall downwind of industrial areas and cities. I made some comment on this issue when I was in Hong Kong and somewhat surprised by the extent of the air … [Read more...] about Pulp Mill To Reduce Rainfall?