CLIMATE is complex but in an attempt to understand the effects of increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide on global temperatures simplified General Circulation Models (GCMs) have been developed and are used by the United Nation's … [Read more...] about Radical New Hypothesis on the Effect of Greenhouse Gases
Climate & Climate Change
HundredsThousands Protest Global Warming
IT was predicted to be the largest demonstration yet against coal and climate change, 10,000 activists to descend on a coal-fired power plant in Washington DC.
According to the Capitol Climate Action website, they are there now, as I … [Read more...] about HundredsThousands Protest Global Warming
Global Warming in Perspective: A Note from William Happer
"BUT the climate is warming and CO2 is increasing. Doesn't this prove that CO2 is causing global warming through the greenhouse effect? "No, the current warming period began about 1800 at the end of the little ice age, long before there was an … [Read more...] about Global Warming in Perspective: A Note from William Happer
Canadian Satellite Already Searching for Missing Carbon
NASA lost its carbon observatory satellite on launch earlier this week, Read more here. But a 30-centimetre-long University of Toronto satellite is already orbiting and searching for the carbon that cannot be accounted for each year. Read more … [Read more...] about Canadian Satellite Already Searching for Missing Carbon
Muzzled Australians Gain a Voice on ETS
The Australian Environment Foundation today launched an online petition opposing the federal government’s “Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme”. The petition will eventually be presented to Parliament by Dr Dennis Jensen, MHR for Tangney. AEF Chair … [Read more...] about Muzzled Australians Gain a Voice on ETS
No Balance in Environmental Reporting at The New York Times: John Coleman
AT his popular New York Times blog, environmental journalist Andrew Revkin asks the question “Can a scientists be a Citizen, Too?” But what Mr Revkin is really asking is: should scientists become involved in advocacy? Mr Revkin provides the case … [Read more...] about No Balance in Environmental Reporting at The New York Times: John Coleman
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
