Print Email Facebook Twitter More Lake council to release flood planning memo Posted 10 hours 37 minutes ago Photo: Residents demanding Lake Macquarie Council ditch current flood mapping. (ABC News: Dan Cox) Map: Marks Point 2280 A Lake Macquarie councillor hopes making an internal briefing memo public will allay some community concern regarding flood Continue Reading →
Will earth experience extra warming as oceans acidify? Published 26 August 2013 Web sites and blogs Leave a Comment Could ocean acidification lead to further global warming? That’s the theory floated in a new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change. In the long run – eventually, rather than immediately – this new feedback could warm the Continue Reading →
Carriage of Coal Cargoes from Kalimantan, Indonesia Monday, 26 August 2013 03:00 The Club has recently been advised by consulting scientists and engineers Dr J H Burgoyne and Partners (International) Limited that the number of incidents involving the self-heating of coal cargoes loaded in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) is increasing. In the past two years Burgoynes Continue Reading →
14 US cities at risk from climate change Al Gore gives optimistic interview Another record high in South Korea Post Sandy resilience plan unveiled Earth in ‘overshoot’ day already for 2013 How the climate is impacting Asia’s glaciers UN warns of 3 foot sea level rise by 2100 Phoenix breaks heat record Europe’s trees ‘at Continue Reading →
The announcement by prime minister Kevin Rudd and minister for transport Anthony Albanese on high-speed rail suggests both men at least want to maintain the momentum of the debate on the project. Firstly, Mr Albanese released and praised an advisory report suggesting the viability of such a project… Author Rico Merkert High speed Continue Reading →
Climate change looms as challenge for all parties By Antony Green Updated 8 hours 29 minutes ago Video: Voters want climate change back on agenda: Vote Compass (ABC News) Map: Australia Three years ago then-prime minister Julia Gillard promised there would not be a carbon tax under a government she led. After the 2010 federal Continue Reading →