Is Climate Change the “Defining Challenge of Our Age”? Part 2 of 3 « Watts Up With That?

This figure shows that climate change reduces the population at risk of water stress! This is because global warming will decrease rainfall in some areas but serendipitously increase it in other, but more populated, areas.

The figure also suggests that the warmest scenario would result in the greatest reduction in net population at risk.

[Remarkably, both the IPCC's Summary for Policy Makers and the original source were reticent to explicitly point out that climate change might reduce the net population at risk for water stress. See here and here (pages 12-14 or 1034-1036).]. Thus, through the foreseeable future (very optimistically 2085), other factors will continue to outweigh climate change with respect to human welfare as characterized by (a) mortality for hunger, malaria and coastal flooding, and (b) population at risk for waters stress.

Please pass my [climate scam legislation], Rudd urges | smh.com.au

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has begged federal politicians to get behind emissions trading as he promised to "punch this through" Parliament.

The Coalition and the Australian Greens have hardened their opposition to the Government's planned emissions trading scheme (ETS).

A three-way slanging match has erupted in recent days, with all parties attacking each other over climate change.

Mr Rudd tried to keep the ETS alive during a news conference in Hobart on Thursday following a meeting of the Council of Australian Governments.

"I'd appeal to all politicians in the Australian Parliament, in the upper house; this is serious stuff for the nation in the 21st century," he told reporters.

"Our job is to try and punch this through ... we're going to give it a damn good go."

Australian scientists celebrate Great Barrier Reef comeback

SYDNEY — Despite dire predictions about the impact of climate change on Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef, researchers have found that badly-damaged coral has managed to repair itself. Scientists say, although this is a heartening discovery, the threat of global warming to the world's largest coral system has not diminished.

Catlin alarmist update

Today marks the 6th day that they have spent in the tent, awaiting resupply. A combination of hunger and boredom are slowly starting to take their toll on the team’s morale.
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Spirits were raised when Ann pulled out a secret stash of beef stew, this was of course split three ways – well almost. Ann, being smaller than the boys, takes slightly less. With their calorific bonus Pen and Martin were able to leave the confines of the tent and carry out no less than 13 manual ice drilling measurements.