The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has “confirmed” that it is been the hottest summer on record in Australia. But I’m sceptical. The “record breaking hot summer” is apparently a statistical fact derived from simply averaging across 104 or 112 … [Read more...] about Cooking Books for Hot Summers
Climate & Climate Change
King Tide Not So High
Jen, Here is a photograph of the King Tide yesterday, 12th January 2013, at Cleveland Point, Moreton Bay. The King Tides here, where I used to live from 1946 until the early 1950s, used to cover the lawn on this land by about an inch (25mm) or … [Read more...] about King Tide Not So High
Your Temperatures Diddled
ALMOST exactly three years ago Michael Hammer showed that the official temperature rise profile for the 20th century in the United States is largely, if not entirely, an artifact of adjustments applied after the raw data is collected from the weather … [Read more...] about Your Temperatures Diddled
Metres of Sea-Level Rise: Climate Commissioner
WILL Steffen is the executive director of the Australian National University Climate Change Institute and also a member of the Australian Climate Commission. This is the Climate Commission established to provide all Australians with an independent … [Read more...] about Metres of Sea-Level Rise: Climate Commissioner
How the Oceans Get Warm: Robert E. Stevenson
THERE are only ever a small number of scientists who can explain a phenomenon from first principles and these experts will often speak in jargon that is unintelligible[1]. But every so often one comes across a real expert who appears to not only … [Read more...] about How the Oceans Get Warm: Robert E. Stevenson
IPCC Commissioned Report Damning of IPCC Processes and Procedures
THE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) commissioned a review of its processes and procedures with a report handed down in October 2010, but only just now made publically available at its website.[1] I’ve only just started to examine … [Read more...] about IPCC Commissioned Report Damning of IPCC Processes and Procedures
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
