The bloke who was clearly in charge of the Mars Beagle II debacle has finally been identified: Phil Chapman, the first Aussie astronaut.Phil has since moved on to climate science: Read more »
The bloke who was clearly in charge of the Mars Beagle II debacle has finally been identified: Phil Chapman, the first Aussie astronaut.Phil has since moved on to climate science: Read more »
Listen to Antony and you'll feel a little better about it all. OK, maybe not.... but I think I'll start posting a few tunes I like again.
Newsflash from expert journal The Daily Mash
I'LL BE JUST FINE, SAYS PLANETTHE planet Earth has dismissed claims it is in danger from global warming, stressing the worst that could happen is the extinction of the human race.The Earth spoke out after a series of books, television programmes and environmental campaigns urged people to do everything in their power to 'Save the Planet'. Read more »
Along with everyone else in our street we ‘celebrated’ Earth Hour last night. We turned all our lights off, lit a few candles, drank a little wine and did not much.So did I really support it though? Well, yeah – kinda half heartedly at best. Read more »
Here's the wonderful Wilpena Pound illuminated by the glow of a full moon (click on the image to enlarge). I've a few more shots I'll put up of this amazing area in the next day or two.
This is quite funny. According to Andrew Bolt, evil cherry-picking scientists are saying heat-waves such as the current one we are undergoing in Adelaide could become more common in a warmer world. This a a tewwible crime!
And just to prove he's shooting for dux of the class in the Nexus 6 School of Denial, he's followed lesson 2: Make shit up. Read more »
Goddammit....it's still going. Definitely uncharted territory now - by far Adelaide's (or any Australian capital city's) longest ever heat-wave (Days > 35C/95F) . 15 friggin' days and counting - thankfully, tomorrow is expected to be the last scorcher. Good on the Fireies for sorting out the amazingly few fires that have occurred over the past few days. The arrest of one of the major Hills arsonists last year seems to have had a rather positive effect.
Looking forward to a cooler Easter - pubs must be near out of beer now. Could be riots ;)
Some one's gotta wack-a-mole. Good on Mike Lockwood for doing the deed (yet again). Unsurprisingly, solar variation, cosmic rays, unicorns etc. are not the major cause of recent warming. Read more »
That The Australian hates science is a given. That a conservative Catholic Archbishop hates science has.....historical precedent. When the two combine, it’s non-stop laughs (though not nearly as funny as this effort. Bill Hicks should consider himself fortunate he’s no longer with us). Read more »
Deep in the bowels of a large Australian national newspaper lies the editorial bunker. The following conversation took place earlier in the month:
Editor 1: “Quick! We’ve got a whole lot of free space on page 1, page 2, the editorial page and our blog that needs to be filled ASAP!” Read more »
Now here's an different take on the old climate change consciousness raising thingo.
Most of you who pop by here would probably have seen this by now, but for those that haven't, read on:
Scientists have produced further compelling evidence showing that modern-day climate change is not caused by changes in the Sun's activity.The research contradicts a favoured theory of climate "sceptics", that changes in cosmic rays coming to Earth determine cloudiness and temperature.The idea is that variations in solar activity affect cosmic ray intensity. Read more »
Shorter version: "Jimbo here. Sort it out, MoFo!!!!!"Longer version:27 March 2008The Hon Kevin Rudd, MPPrime Minister of AustraliaAustralian ParliamentCanberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2600Dear Prime Minister, Read more »
Stumbling around the internet tubes and I came across this site: Greening Australia. Well made site. Very pretty. Lots of good stuff about climate change.Well, not quite.See if you can work out what's wrong with this statement: Read more »
I grew up in what mostly outsiders refer to as the 'outback'. In my case, that was anything west of about Roma I guess. Nowadays I live in the city but pop out to the SA nether regions once or so a year. Here's a few more images of the Flinders Ranges I took over Easter. If you're visiting Oz - make sure you get there. Read more »
Here's some pics I took of the Northern Lights projections in North Tce, Adelaide:
Plenty more below the fold. Read more »
Andrew Bolt is perhaps the most scientifically challenged of all the Australian bloggers who commit a fair portion of their posts to climate change (and that sure is saying something, though to be fair, Tim Blair ain't exactly Arrhenius either). Read more »
Today we beat the record for the longest heat-wave of any Australian capital city (Marble Bar's 160 day record ain't under any threat though). Many are starting to freak out a little as 30 knot winds started today and are predicted to last for a couple of days yet. Fires are already happening. People are shitting themselves that a repeat of the horrific Ash Wednesday fires may be on the cards. Read more »
rAdelaide, ma' base, hit the record for the longest heat wave (days above 35C) in 121 years of recorded temperatures yesterday, the ninth scorcher in a row. Not that amazing, you may think, as there have been eight other occasions of eight day heat waves (the most recent being in 2004). Here's the thing though, temperatures are not expected to dip until at least next Wednesday, meaning we are looking at a doubling of the previous record. Goddamn!! And it's not even summer any more here! Read more »
The chaps at Times Online have voted yours truly's little home as one of the top 50 eco blogs getting around at the moment. Good on 'em (though I suspect they'd might have wanted to take it back if they had of known I'm quite partial to things like GMOs and nuclear power stations - hahahahah!!!).
Anyways, pop over there to see who else makes the cut.
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