Category Archives: climate change

Great — ocean acidification has it’s own feedback loop that can cascade out of control.

Posted on 13 July, 2019 by

Long story short — as CO2 adds to ocean acidity, it eats at various carbon deposits already in the oceans and makes the ocean more acidic. If we push it too far, various tiny shelled critters cannot make a strong … Continue reading →

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Adani approved at risk of losing desert oasis.

Posted on 15 June, 2019 by

Wow, what a surprise. The Adani corporation have promised that they really truly wuly studied the water impacts on a local desert oasis wetlands. The Queensland government just rolled over and accepted their findings. I mean, Adani hired someone who … Continue reading →

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Australian Greens indulge in hypocritical irony

Posted on 7 June, 2019 by

Can someone point out to the Greens the sheer irony of them calling a nuclear power inquiry “Crackpot stuff” when THE grandfather of modern climate science, Dr James Hansen, says believing in 100% renewables is like believing in the Easter … Continue reading →

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Soil carbon

Posted on 12 April, 2018 by
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Sceptics v denial

Posted on 21 April, 2017 by

“The first is to doubt and question, and the second is to listen to the answer,” he said. “Sometimes that requires some intellectual hard yards and I think some people who call themselves sceptics don’t want to do those hard … Continue reading →

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A land of droughts and flooding rains

Posted on 18 January, 2017 by

Summary: We ain’t seen nothing yet! An 11 to 30% increase, and that’s just 2 degrees of warming! 4 degrees? That’s a 22-60% increase in ‘hard rain’. I don’t think we’d like it. At all! Phys.org says: A hard rain … Continue reading →

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Before the Flood: a must see climate documentary!

Posted on 12 November, 2016 by

Before the Flood was free for a week, but is now on most pay TV platforms. This is a beautifully produced climate documentary, and clearly portrays some of the dangers of climate change that even An Inconvenient Truth missed. Have … Continue reading →

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