Lots of talk about carbon this week. Not much about global warming, though.
Climate scientists
Crikey Says: Perspective
First Dog: scientific proof it was Hug a Climate Scientist Day!
We asked you the reader to send scientific proof of actual hugging of Climate Scientists/Warmenists/and/or/Pets and the best ones would win Cooty Notes and some of you did. Here they are.
Emails reveal nature of attacks on climate scientists
Climate scientists have long been the target for abuse and so the latest revelations that researchers have been on the receiving end of death threats won’t surprise many people engaged in the issue, writes journalist Graham Readfearn.
The torrent of climate scientist abuse
Climate scientists in Australia have been threatened with death threats and abuse due to their stand on climate change. But what do these emails actually say? Graham Readfearn has the scoop.
Climate scientist rappers reveal why they did it
A YouTube clip of climate scientists rapping about the dangers of climate change has gone viral and Graham Readfearn interviews the scientists behind the video to see why they did it.
Ask a climate scientist Rain, rain, go away
What areas of the plan will receive more rainfall as climate change continues and will this offset the desertification in other areas? Do water vapor emissions need to be reduced? Amber Jamieson asks the climate scientists.
What would you ask a climate scientist?
Suring the Copenhagen summit last year there was a very clever service available for journos, where 650 climate scientists offered up their brains for the picking on tricky science questions. The service is back. What questions would you want answered? asks Amber Jamieson.
Climategate scientists cleared of manipulating data. Hello? Anyone listening?
Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee rejected the assessment that the leaked “Climategate” emails showed researchers hid, exaggerated or fiddled the data to support the consensus view. Did you get get that?
Quiggin: Finally, a report that shows Australia gets it
The interim report of the Garnaut Review on climate change shows how much thinking has changed in the year since the Prime Minister’s Task Force, writes Professor John Quiggin.
A little climate contingency planning
The Australian Government is going charging off down the path of global warming righteousness as Kevin Rudd sets out to honour the promises he made during his successful election campaign to take global warming seriously, writes Richard Farmer.
State of the planet
Rich nations quarrel ahead of new Kyoto bid … Poll spotlight on climate … New Zealand glaciers shrinking forever … Africa “forgotten continent” in climate fight .. Asia must act fast to lessen climate change
We have a decade, tops, to save the planet
A new Australian study released just days before the fourth IPCC report contends that the evidence of global warming in the last 12 months has increased beyond anyone’s predictions. And taking into account these latest discoveries, we have 5- 10 years to mitigate the effects, but we have to start making big changes now.
State of the planet
Still muzzling the climate scientists … Business of green: tourism and global warming … Third phase of EU carbon trading to go through 2020 … Melting glacier reveals ancient tree stumps … Rudd’s targets cool climate fallout
State of the Planet
Uganda strikes a blow for the forests … Big bucks in green energy … Putting your loo to better use … Greenland, an agricultural paradise? … Action on climate change stalled.
State of the Planet
Sun cycle tells global warming story … 10 solutions to save the ocean … Climate change for Dummies.
Global warming, big oil and silicone breasts: the links
All the fuss over the ABC’s screening of The Great Global Warming Swindle would be funny except that its effect is serious. Deadly so. The aim of the program and its lackeys is to create doubt, any doubt, about climate change.
State of the planet
The climate change factor … Climate change causing ancient Arctic ponds to dry up … ‘Scepticism’ over climate claims …. Hurricanes may be unlikely saviours of coral reefs
