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Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on

Carbon tax costs NSW $3 billion

admin /17 April, 2012

Carbon tax costs NSW $3 billion by: EXCLUSIVE by Andrew Clennell From:The Daily Telegraph April 18, 201212:00AM 8 comments 0 THE carbon tax will cost NSW up to $3 billion in proceeds from the sale of electricity generators – cash which was supposed to have been spent building roads and rail. The state government believes Continue Reading →

Icelandic Landscapes

admin /17 April, 2012

This planet obeys the law—stats on volcanic eruptions show pattern called …Ars TechnicaThe authors conclude, “Since the use of Benford’s law may serve as a simple and quick quality test of data, and provide new ways to detect anomalous signals in data sets, it could be used as a validity check on future databases related Continue Reading →

Greenland may be slip-sliding away due to surface lake melting

admin /17 April, 2012

ScienceDaily: Oceanography News Ammonites found mini oases at ancient methane seeps Posted: 16 Apr 2012 01:57 PM PDT Scientists have shown that ammonites — an extinct type of shelled mollusk that’s closely related to modern-day nautiluses and squids — made homes in the unique environments surrounding methane seeps in the seaway that once covered America’s Continue Reading →

World Nuclear News wnn@world-nuclear-news.org

admin /16 April, 2012

Da Inbox x World Nuclear News wnn@world-nuclear-news.org via mail18.us1.mcsv.net 1:26 AM (8 hours ago) to me Images are not displayed. Display images below – Always display images from wnn@world-nuclear-news.org View the WNN Daily in your browser. 16 April 2012 ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT: More action needed sooner on climate change Greenhouse gas emissions remain on a steadily Continue Reading →

Global warming preceded by increasing carbon dioxide concentrations during the last deglaciation

admin /16 April, 2012

Global warming preceded by increasing carbon dioxide concentrations during the last deglaciation Jeremy D. Shakun,1, 2 Peter U. Clark,3 Feng He,4 Shaun A. Marcott,3 Alan C. Mix,3 Zhengyu Liu,4, 5, 6 Bette Otto-Bliesner,7 Andreas Schmittner3 & Edouard Bard8 Affiliations Contributions Corresponding author Journal name: Nature Volume: 484, Pages: 49–54 Date published: (05 April 2012) DOI: Continue Reading →