Climate & Climate Change

Aviation generates about 5 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions but their warming effect is up to four times greater at high altitudes according to Jonathan Leake writing last weekend in The Sunday Times. The article entitle, 'A green … [Read more...] about R U Flying: An Inconvenient Truth (Part 4)

Luke Walker reminds us that geological history includes evidence of mass extinctions from "killer greenhouse conditions": "Readers of this blog are often witness to accusations of alarmism by those opposed to scenario projections using contemporary … [Read more...] about Killer Greenhouse Effect (or Pardon my Anoxia): A Note from Luke

I’ve received a few bits and pieces on global warming from readers of this blog: Cathy sent me a link to an article explaining that the European Commission is set to roll out the first phase of a major pan-European marketing campaign to raise … [Read more...] about Global Warming Bits & Pieces

Paul Biggs from the University of Birmingham, UK, sent me the following summary of a presentation by Roger Pielke Sr. There is so much interesting information on the potential human impact on climate beyond a focus on carbon dioxide: "Roger Pielke … [Read more...] about The Human Impact On Climate – Additional to CO2: A Note from Paul Biggs

The Australian Environment Foundation had its first conference and AGM last weekend.* There was some discussion on the subject of anthropogenic global warming (AGW). In my talk I suggested that in the film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Al Gore took … [Read more...] about Skepticism Versus Being An AGW Skeptic: A Note from David Tribe