Jennifer Marohasy » How Melbourne’s Climate Has Changed: A reply to Dr David Jones (Part 3)

The chart indicates that Melbourne experiences dry periods every so often and that the current drought is similar in magnitude to the droughts of 1896, 1925 and 1945. The chart showing 145 years of data, does not support the claim, made by Dr Jones in his article in Melbourne’s The Age, that there has been recent unusual climate change in Melbourne. Indeed periods of drought and flood are a natural hazard.

Could a graduate student with a bachelor's degree in economics be wrong?

Richland High School alumnus Kyle Gracey will be among 22 other graduate students to attend the United Nations Conference on Climate this December in Poznan, Poland.

An advocate of carbon emissions reduction, Gracey said he wants to push for an international cap-and-trade system.

“The country would get to be a global leader and also avoid the downside of global warming. It makes a lot of sense for us to be on board with this,” he said.
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Gracey, who has a bachelor's degree in economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, said he believes American businesses stand to gain from cap-and-trade.