… or at least that seems to be what Australia’s Opposition leader thinks would happen if he stopped the expansion of marine protected areas in Australian waters:
In a policy aimed at marginal Queensland seats, Mr Abbott said a Coalition government would ”immediately suspend the marine protection process which is threatening [...]
It sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, but the artificial manipulation of the Earth’s climate has been touted as a possible strategy to reduce the effects of unmitigated climate change. Thanks to the painfully slow progress that has been made towards reducing our carbon emissions, there has been some surprisingly serious discussion [...]
“No one, and I mean no one, had a broader and deeper understanding of the climate issue than Stephen,” said Michael Oppenheimer, a professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton University. “More than anyone else, he helped shape the way the public and experts thought about this problem — from the basic [...]
Dr Stefan Hajkowicz gave an interesting presentation on 12 July 2010 in Brisbane, Australia, on recent CSIRO research of megatrends, megashocks and future scenarios.
Stefan is the co-author of Our Future World: an analysis of global trends, shocks and scenarios, released by CSIRO in April 2010. The report is being used [...]
Update 19/7/10: The Support John Abraham page now has over 900 signatories, and a Facebook group has also been set up. John Abraham has the full support of his university – contrast with the tone of response that Christopher Monckton appears to favour and it is becomes very hard to see [...]
By Paul Gilding | July 12th, 2010 | Category: Cockatoo Chronicles
Beware the coming climate storm. A moment is approaching when science and markets will collide, but then merge, with chilling consequences for [...]
Ove and I just published an op-ed in the News and Observer here titled “In the oceans, the heat is really on”. The graphic that really says it all:
The oceans are choking on greenhouse gases. Our emissions are changing ocean temperature, pH and circulation with wide-ranging effects on biological productivity and ecosystem health. [...]
UPDATE: See the facts and figures about The Australian’s war on Science over at Deltoid.
No doubt you will remember The Australian’s infamous front page story that was exposed on Media Watch by Jonathan Holmes. Well, it seems that the poor journalism continues at The Australian. In a front page article entitled [...]
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