IT'S focused on Australia, popular misconceptions about the environment, history, climate and there is more, it’s chock full of cartoons! I'm referring to a new book by scientist Bob Carter [1] and cartoonist John Spooner entitled Taxing Air: Facts & … [Read more...] about Taxing Air: Facts & Fallacies about Climate Change
Climate & Climate Change
Guessing versus Calculating a Global Mean Temperature
"THE greatest difficulty facing the promoters of the theory that human emissions of carbon dioxide cause dangerous global warming is the inconvenient truth that it is impossible to measure the average temperature of the earth’s surface by any known … [Read more...] about Guessing versus Calculating a Global Mean Temperature
Causes of Honey Bee Decline
I visited Hidcote Manor Gardens in Warwickshire earlier today. They have several honey bee hives and a notice board claiming three different reasons for the decline in honey bee colonies across the UK. "The number of honey bee colonies in the UK … [Read more...] about Causes of Honey Bee Decline
Water Levels in the Swan River Estuary: A Personal Observation
I READ with interest an article in The Fremantle Herald newspaper in which global warming was blamed for rising sea levels, which in turn were said to be submerging the mud flats in the Swan River estuary and thus destroying the habitat of migratory … [Read more...] about Water Levels in the Swan River Estuary: A Personal Observation
Ten of the Worst Climate Research Papers: 5 Years On
I consider anthropogenic global warming, AGW, a failed theory, but it still shuffles on like an animated corpse sustained by money, politics and the faithful. The faithful keep publishing junk science. I put a list together of the 10 worst climate … [Read more...] about Ten of the Worst Climate Research Papers: 5 Years On
Consensus and Controversy: The Debate on Man-Made Global Warming
'IN open societies where both scientists and the general public are equipped with critical skills and the tools of inquiry, not least enabled by the information revolution provided through the Internet, the ethos of science as open, questioning, … [Read more...] about Consensus and Controversy: The Debate on Man-Made Global Warming