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Solar Irradiance Also available in PDF. Also available in PDF. Data source: For 1976/01/05 to 2011/02/02 Physikalisch Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center and for 2011/02/03 to 2012/02/22 University of Colorado Solar Radiation & Climate Experiment. Data are matched using the 2010/02/03 to 2011/02/02 period. (Last modified: 2012/02/29) Long-Term Sunspot Numbers Also available in Continue Reading →
March 04, 2012 Bob Carr and how Senate Vacancies are Filled I’ve been asked numerous times in the last week how Bob Carr can be appointed to the Senate. Shouldn’t there be a vote or a by-election? The answer is there are no Senate by-elections. Since Federation Senators have been elected for fixed terms from Continue Reading →
Oil Price Daily News Update Would an Arctic Methane Release Spell the End of Human Life on Earth? Tokyo Warned that “Big” Earthquake Coming Don’t Factor Syrian Oil into Market Jitters Australia’s New $10 Billion Clean Energy Finance Corp. – Benefit or Boondoggle? This Year it is Fossil Fuels Turn to Receive the Majority of Continue Reading →
Sea Ice Area The area of sea ice cover is an important climate feedback. Figure 20 in “Storms” shows the large decrease of Arctic sea ice area that occurred at the end of the warm season in 2007. This sudden loss of sea ice is a cause of concern because sea ice area causes Continue Reading →
ScienceDaily: Severe Weather News Scientists detect seismic signals from tornado Posted: 08 Mar 2012 07:13 AM PST A geophysical experiment detected unusual seismic signals associated with tornadoes that recently struck regions across the Midwest — information that may have value for meteorologists studying the atmospheric activity that precedes tornado disasters. Large solar flares generate geomagnetic Continue Reading →
Ice Sheet Disintegration Ice sheet change is expected to be a “slow” climate feedback. How rapidly ice sheets can disintegrate is one of the most uncertain and imporant climate issues. The dominant physical process causing ice sheet disintegration may be absorption of heat by the ocean (due to an increasing greenhouse effect), resulting melting Continue Reading →