Category: General news
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
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
admin /16 April, 2012
Hansen et al 2012 – THE NEW CLIMATE DICE – on the increasing frequency of extreme weather events around the world Inbox x Andrew Glikson Geospec@iinet.net.au 8:30 AM (56 minutes ago) to geospec Hansen et al. April 2012 THE NEW CLIMATE DICE – on the increasing frequency of extreme weather events around the world Continue Reading →
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 →