I was born in Darwin, and raised in the Tropics, knowing the sound of monsoon rains on a tin roof – so loud, like a heard of buffalo galloping overhead. Always wondering, as I lay in bed when it would end, whether it would flood. Caused by … [Read more...] about Torrential Rain, a 120-Plus Year Record from Kuranda, near Cairns (Part 1)
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Hot as Ice in the Antarctic, Global Temperatures this June – July
A fellow phoned me yesterday, he had just returned home from a holiday in Greece. He has holidayed there off and on for the last 20 years. It had never been so cold, he told me. There were one or two days when it was hot, he said. But … [Read more...] about Hot as Ice in the Antarctic, Global Temperatures this June – July
The 1.5 C Temperature Fiction, Already Exceeded
It is all over the news, another climate change report from the IPCC – the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Of course, it tells us that the end is nigh unless we do something to prevent temperatures exceeding 1.5 degrees … [Read more...] about The 1.5 C Temperature Fiction, Already Exceeded
Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 7)
I’ve been assured over the last few years, including by the director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology Andrew Johnson, that the change from mercury thermometer to platinum resistance probe is not the cause of, nor a contribution to, global … [Read more...] about Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 7)
Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 6)
On 11th November 2011, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology replaced the probe in the automatic weather station measuring temperatures at the Alice Springs airport and the number of days with temperatures recorded above 40 degrees Celsius increased … [Read more...] about Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 6)
Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 5)
When the Bureau called a new record hot day for 23rd September 2017, based on the instantaneous spot value from a platinum resistance probe in an automatic weather station at Mildura, I wanted to know the maximum temperature recorded by the mercury … [Read more...] about Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 5)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
