I’m walking down a dusty road on the outskirts of the old citadel in Damascus, Syria. Lugging my backpack and avoiding donkeys, taxis and potholes in the road, I suddenly come across a patch of green. It’s a garden – about as big as three suburban sized Aussie backyards put together – and it’s filled [...]
READ MORENovember, 2010
Jan-Oct 2010 warmest period on record
Earth and paleo-climate scientist at ANU, Dr Andrew Glikson writes: The combined global land and ocean surface temperature for January–October 2010 was +0.63°C above the 20th century average of 14.1°C and tied with 1998 as the warmest January–October period on record, according to new report State of the Climate – Global Analysis, October 2010. Figure 1: Temperature [...]
READ MORETracking Cancun: keep the Oz delegation accountable
Phillip Ireland writes: Check out my latest video blog asking questions of Ambassador Louise Hand about the UN talks in Cancun. Cancun, Mexico is often associated with being a popular holiday location for fun seeking American students, yet for two weeks from November 29th, the coastal city will be host to the 2010 UN Climate Summit. We’re [...]
READ MORECancun Calling: No international accord likely, but good swim-up bar prospects
Cancun is no place for a “coolist”. After the frigid environs of Poland and Denmark for the two previous Conference of the Parties hosted by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP 16 is being held in the steamy heat of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
READ MOREReading Corner: Three Recent Climate Reports
With the next round of UN Climate talks beginning on Monday in the Mexican resort town of Cancun, it’s a good time to catch up on some climate-related reading. Here are three recent reports worth having a look at. I also recommend signing up to the Australian Youth Climate Coalition’s youth delegation updates, for regular news [...]
READ MORETimor Sea oil spill inquiry: no research, no findings, no responsibility
The Montara (Timor Sea) oil spill was amongst the worst in Australia’s history, with what the industry euphemistically call “an uncontrolled release of oil, gas and condensate” between August 21 – November 3 2009 within the Australian waters of the Timor Sea. And the final report on it has just been released.
READ MOREAsk a climate scientist: even if we reverse climate change, what damage can we expect?
How do you prove climate change is a fact? And if it is, what damage can we expect? It’s a thoughtful and fascinating round of climate science questions today. Got a question about climate science? These next few weeks at Rooted we’re running the Ask a climate scientist series. Keep the questions coming as well, by [...]
READ MOREMurray Murmurings: Should we think of farmers as we do teachers?
Maybe we need to think more about the farmer in the way we do the teacher?
READ MOREHypocrisy, synchronicity and carbon neutrality: you can bank on it
September 30 was a busy day. It was the day that ANZ signed off on secret loan for the refurbishment of the highly polluting Muja A&B power stations in Western Australia, citing reputation risk as the reason for the confidentiality clause. Thanks to some more snooping by the AFR yesterday, it turns out that National [...]
READ MOREAsk a climate scientist: the Tamas edition
Got a question about climate science? These next few weeks at Rooted we’re running the Ask a Climate Scientist series, writes Amber Jamieson.
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