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Climate Change endangers your Cup of Tea

News about climate change, especially in parts of India and Sri Lanka where most of world supply comes from. There is local tea production, even one close to Marysville, so looks like “innovation economy”  could score by promoting tea plantations in places … Continue reading

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Climate message on stage

“2071 The world we’ll leave our grand children”(CHRIS RAPLEY, ROYAL COURT THEATRE) – Well respected climate scientist connects with theatre people to create new type of event, to communicates with new audience, with interest in climate change not previously engaged. Incidental gem is review of … Continue reading

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El Niño is here and that means droughts, but they don’t work how you might think

“With an El Niño looming large this summer…at some point you’ll hear someone say that warmer temperatures are making drought worse. This is guaranteed to cause confusion because it’s not actually how droughts work…Most believe it’s a simple equation: rainfall goes down … Continue reading

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London Calling: Climate Warning at Lloyd’s of London

Short excerpts above from a speech this week, significant not only for who gave it, but for who it was given to. Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, talks climate with Lloyds of London. Lloyds, of course, as a … Continue reading

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Things warm up as the East Australian Current heads south

Waters in EAC travel southward along east coast of Australia, with most of it splitting from the coast near Sydney, heading for New Zealand. A small part of the current, known as the EAC Extension, works its way southward past … Continue reading

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New report: the chance to rescue the world’s oceans from climate change is drifting away

Until recently, you might be forgiven for thinking that the oceans were a trivial component of Earth’s climate system, and that the consequences of change were minimal. After all, only 5% of papers published on climate change involve ocean systems. The IPCC, … Continue reading

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New study links weather extremes to global warming

Global warming is now linked to not so extreme weather, more evaporation, in warmer air, whipping up into smaller, more intense rain storms, same amount of rain but falling more heavily in smaller area, so more damage. >readmore> SydneyMorningHerald

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UN War on Golf Heats Up

Only in America…perhaps a  poorly-executed parody of Texas Senate candidate Ted Cruz’s (R) right-wing beliefs if Cruz had not posted it on his own website, the Tea Party stalwart touts a truly ridiculous conspiracy theory about George Soros…Agenda 21 attempts to abolish … Continue reading

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Why 2degC warming will be exceeded at 405ppm CO2(not 450ppm)

These findings have implications for what we all must do to prevent disaster. An ECS of 3°C means that if we are to limit global warming to below 2°C forever, we need to keep CO2 concentrations far below twice pre-industrial … Continue reading

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Climate change to cause twice as many severe floods in Australia

From no less a source than The Strine, for Rupert to print, it must be true! “CSIRO scientists probed the future with 21 global climate models skilful at simulating extreme La Nina periods in the historical record. The work formed part of the … Continue reading

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