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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

Methane Time Bomb Amended 28/1/12

admin /27 February, 2012

Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:28:05 +1100 See retraction of this article by Dr Andrew Glikson ANU ACT         ORIGINAL ENTRY AT BOTTOM OF PAGE .ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage p { padding: 0px; }.ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; } The answer is in part in the enclosed article. Methane increased from about 700 ppb to about Continue Reading →

Ancient arabic writings help scientists piece together climate

admin /27 February, 2012

ScienceDaily: Severe Weather News Ancient arabic writings help scientists piece together past climate Posted: 26 Feb 2012 07:59 PM PST Ancient manuscripts written by Arabic scholars can provide valuable meteorological information to help modern scientists reconstruct the climate of the past, a new study has revealed. The research analyses the writings of scholars, historians and Continue Reading →

Volcanic Glass Yields Evidence of Ancient Water

admin /27 February, 2012

News 8 new results for volcanoes Volcanoes deliver 2 flavors of waterScience CodexBut in volcanoes from the Manus Basin they also discovered evidence of seawater distilled long ago from a more ancient plate descent event, preserved for as long as 1 billion years. The data indicate that these ancient oceanic “slabs” can return to the Continue Reading →

Ocean acidification turns projected climate change winners into losers

admin /26 February, 2012

Ocean acidification turns projected climate change winners into losers Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:41 AM PST Adding ocean acidification and deoxygenation into the mix of climate change predictions may turn “winner” regions of fisheries and biodiversity into “losers,” according to new research. You are subscribed to email updates from ScienceDaily: Earth Science News To stop Continue Reading →

Tipping elements in the Earth’s climate system

admin /26 February, 2012

Some interesting reading for those interested in the sciences behind Climate Change. Tipping elements in the Earth’s climate system Timothy M. Lenton * , † , Hermann Held ‡ , Elmar Kriegler ‡ , § , Jim W. Hall ¶ , Wolfgang Lucht ‡ , Stefan Rahmstorf ‡ , and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber † , Continue Reading →

Further Hansen and Sato Climate Reports.

admin /26 February, 2012

Pubs.GISS: Hansen and Sato 2004: Greenhouse gas growth rates pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ha04010t.htmlCached You +1’d this publicly. Undo Hansen, J., and Mki. Sato, 2004: Greenhouse gas growth rates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. , 101, 16109-16114, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406982101. We posit that feasible … Data.GISS: Forcings in GISS Climate Model: Greenhouse Gas … data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/ghgases/Cached – Similar You +1’d this publicly. Undo 6 Feb 2012 Continue Reading →