Climate & Climate Change

A reader of this weblog sent in the following link to a column by David Suzuki published in Canadian newspapers: ...Katrina, it seems, was just a convenient excuse to get the same tired "Global warming isn't happening, and if it is it has nothing … [Read more...] about Suzuki on Katrina

According to Opposition environment spokesman Anthony Albanese the latest issue of science journal 'Science' provides, "A scientific basis for what the Government was told in its climate change risk and vulnerability report just two months … [Read more...] about Now Scientific Basis for Climate Change?

With all the concern about global warming resulting in more deaths due to climate-related disasters, I thought I would see if I could find some statistics on the subject. Since 1988 the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of … [Read more...] about Deaths Due to Climate-Related Disasters

I was sent a copy of Ian Lowe's soon to be launched book 'A big fix' subtitled 'Radical solutions for Australia's environmental crisis' (Black Inc 2005). I started reading the book yesterday at the beach. It is full of popular mythology dressed up … [Read more...] about As Lowe as it Gets (Part 1)

Blog site 'real climate' has an interesting review of the relationship between hurricanes (frequency and intensity) and global warming with particular reference to Katrina. By way of introduction: The key connection is that between sea surface … [Read more...] about On Hurricanes, including Katrina

Last Saturday in Sydney, Alexandra de Blas, one-time ABC Radio National Earthbeat Presenter, told everyone at that conference which I attended at the NSW State Library that Siberia's permafrost was melting. According to de Blas this was yet another … [Read more...] about Is Siberia Melting?