New Anthropocene
State of the Oceans
PIOMAS Arctic Sea Ice Volume 1979 – 2012
Andy just shared an animation he has been working on, which demonstrates just how much sea ice has been lost in the Arctic.
The Spectrum of Reason
I commented recently on why I believe those often referred to as “climate deniers” should more appropriately be considered “committed sceptics”. They are, after all, not denying climate changes or that there isn’t a climate at all, but rather committed to the conclusion that climate is unaffected (at least dangerously) but our actions, leaving them … Continue reading
Removing Politics From Environmental Governance
A number of years ago, when I was still an undergrad, there was a group of students whom worked together to produce and distribute fresh produce. It was a great and novel idea that provided cheap fruit and vegetables to a cluster of people notorious for a lifestyle of packet noodles, just to make ends … Continue reading
The Signal emerges from the Noise: Climate, Politics, History
Great job Dwight!
Drowning out the truth about the Great Barrier Reef
Mass bleaching at the Keppel Islands in 2006. Our greatest natural asset is under threat, but you wouldn’t know it from reading Andrew Bolt. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg MEDIA & DEMOCRACY – Ove Hoegh-Guldberg dives into the media’s coverage of an Australian icon’s future. One of the most straightforward climate change storylines is the link between global … Continue reading
Requiem for the sea: State of the Seas report concludes “negative changes” to the oceans exceed IPCCs worst case scenarios.
Back in my “Watching the Deniers” days I developed a keen interest in the state world’s oceans, as it was through my reading and research I came to have a better understanding of the fragile state of the world’s oceans. In July 2010 I started to become deeply alarmed: research indicated that since the 1950s over 40% … Continue reading
