YESTERDAY the US President, Barrack Obama, urged action to curb “dangerous carbon emissions that contaminate the water we drink”. If you consider carbon dioxide a “dangerous contaminate” and want to get rid of the carbon dioxide in say the soda, … [Read more...] about Keeping Carbon Dioxide in the Soda – or Not
Climate & Climate Change
Legislating on the Basis of a Scientific Theory
IS it ever a good idea to base legislation on a scientific theory? The Australian Parliament's upper-house Senate has begun debating the Rudd Labor government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009, also known as the emissions … [Read more...] about Legislating on the Basis of a Scientific Theory
Measuring Changes in Attitude
WE live in a world in which we are constantly bombarded with the results of surveys about attitudes to political, social and economic issues of the day. Even the Australian Statistician undertakes surveys that produce subjective data that has … [Read more...] about Measuring Changes in Attitude
Local Level Climate Projections
Up until now, most projections have been at a sub-continental level - giving information at a regional level in squares of 300km on a side. Defra's projections are among the first in the world to give information at a local level - to the scale of … [Read more...] about Local Level Climate Projections
Mutant Climate Debate
Synthesis Report from Copenhagen March 2009, Now available http://climatecongress.ku.dk/ downloads & videos here Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) http://www.nipccreport.org Global Politics is being … [Read more...] about Mutant Climate Debate
More on Meeting with Australian Climate Change Minister
I am certain that we were interrupted many, many more times than we interrupted. Often you could do more than acknowledge the last point when they interrupted you just as you started to make your own point. Read more here from David Evans: … [Read more...] about More on Meeting with Australian Climate Change Minister
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
