CENTRAL to discussion of climate change models is the concept of “forcing” and “feedback". So, reference is made to global warming from radiative “forcing” from elevated concentrations of carbon dioxide in the troposphere and then “positive … [Read more...] about Climate Models Confuse Physics of Cause and Effect: A Note from Christopher Game
Climate & Climate Change
Six Tons of ‘Geoengineered’ Iron: Just another Drop in the Ocean
THERE were concerns that a plan by the German government to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels by dumping iron in the southern ocean would have all sorts of perverse outcomes. Earlier in the year a spokesperson for the World Wildlife Fund … [Read more...] about Six Tons of ‘Geoengineered’ Iron: Just another Drop in the Ocean
Scaring Children with AGW
Folks, Please shake your head with me in wonderment at the continuation of a pernicious technique that was pioneered (I think) by Oxfam last year. Why do we give access to our schools to these … [Read more...] about Scaring Children with AGW
Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapse
GIVEN it is still really cold at the Antarctic, is it really very scientific to blame global warming for the likely collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf? How good is the evidence supporting this hypothesis as the possible cause of the possible shelf … [Read more...] about Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapse
Given Uncertainty of Sea-level Rise, Don’t Stop Development Now
IS it fair to take away the development potential of real estate because sea levels may rise by up to 0.8 m over the next 100 years? According to a recent presentation by Barrister and Practising Planner, Clem Newton-Brown, at the Planning … [Read more...] about Given Uncertainty of Sea-level Rise, Don’t Stop Development Now
Debating AGW on TV
Climate change sceptic, Marc Morano, debates true believer, Joe Romm, on RC TV Part 1 here, Part 2 here. … [Read more...] about Debating AGW on TV
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
