Climate Changes Updates 27 September 2012
Indian Ocean’s Break-Up Shocks US
http://news.discovery.com/earth/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do-even-for-tectonic-plates-120926.html
What Drove Early Man Across Globe? Climate Change
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/17/161278993/what-drove-early-man-across-globe-climate-change
New Groups Make A Conservative Argument On Climate Change
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/09/26/161824667/new-groups-argue-a-conservative-take-on-climate-change
Big Quakes Signal Changes Coming To Earth’s Crust
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/27/161840202/big-quakes-signal-changes-coming-to-earths-crust
Eco experts back ‘green economy’
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Environment/230507/eco-experts-back-%E2%80%98green-economy.html
Scientists want more green space
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Environment/229906/scientists-want-more-green-space.html
Hot issue – bushfires, powerlines and climate change
http://theconversation.edu.au/hot-issue-bushfires-powerlines-and-climate-change-9383
Species of fruit fly under threat from rising temperatures
http://theconversation.edu.au/species-of-fruit-fly-under-threat-from-rising-temperatures-9692
The atmosphere’s shift of state and the origin of extreme weather events
http://theconversation.edu.au/the-atmospheres-shift-of-state-and-the-origin-of-extreme-weather-events-9285
Frequent, extreme weather events affecting water quality
http://theconversation.edu.au/frequent-extreme-weather-events-affecting-water-quality-9482
Iran makes some of the world’s toughest concrete. It can cope with earthquakes and, perhaps, bunker-busting bombs
http://www.economist.com/node/21548918
Climate Change Reducing Global GDP by $1.2 Trillion
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-26/climate-change-reducing-global-gdp-by-1-6-a-year-report-finds.html
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Dammit … just got through rdieang the comments on The Conversation!https://theconversation.edu.au/weighing-the-toll-of-our-angry-summer-against-climate-change-12793#comment_133064Nothing but misdirection, deliberate misunderstandings, strawmen, adhoms and appeals to authority. This is getting silly.Chris Booker Research scientist: “…you’re trying to make the argument that, since insurance losses have in fact been relatively stable, that extreme weather events are in fact not on the rise…” No, mate, they are trying to make some measure of it, not just rely on anecdotal stories and one up “records” quoted in the “Angry Summer” … um … story…. Mike Swinbourne: “….Nowhere in the report is there any statement that: “…..property damage during 2012-2013 (has) been higher than normal….”…”Yes Mike – they are not countering a claim, but are putting forward something as a possible measure of severity – something entirely lacking in the “Angry Summer” fable… Michael Rowan (Emeritus Professor at University of South Australia, no less!)”…The authors report that there has not been a recent increase in insured losses due to weather events in Australia. … conclude that ‘any claim of a climate change influence on increasing disaster loss totals to date is simply unfounded’. Their argument … assumes that there has been no increase …level or effectiveness of … firefighting, flood mitigation and other efforts to limit the damage from severe weather events. …… Perhaps the authors might provide this data to ensure they are not making unsupportable scientific claims…”This!?, in defense of an anecdote full, statistical analysis free, dramatically titled, scare-mongering unscientific in any way, “report”.I stand aghast.