Symposium: Transatlantic Perceptions of Climate Change: The Role of the Arts and Media – October 18-19, 2010 » Boston University

6:30-8:30 pm: Transatlantic Perceptions of Climate Change: The Role of the Arts and Media

* Andrew C. Revkin, Senior Fellow at the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies, blogwriter for the New York Times’ “Dot Earth”
* Igor Vamos (alias Mike Bonanno), The Yes Men
* Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam University...

Experts: Huge space tourism expansion just months away - CNN.com

King believes the $200,000 he and other passengers pay for a seat on a Virgin Galactic spacecraft will help create a new future when "flights like this are happening every week, when lots of people go, and the cost has been massively reduced due to the economics of scale."

C3: Peer-Reviewed Research Reveals That Climate Models Fail To Correctly Simulate Amazon Rainy Season

There is a major climate pattern, often referred to as the South American Monsoon System (SAMS), that brings the annual rainy season to portions of S. America, including the Amazon area. Scientists (Bombardi, R.J. and Carvalho) analyzed the output of IPCC global climate models and discovered that not only did they fail to accurately forecast/predict the actual precipitation levels, they also failed at predicting the start and end points of the monsoon season.

Is the Western Climate Establishment Corrupt? Part 7: Other Climate Establishments Disagree « JoNova

The western climate establishment consists of the climate science research bodies in the western world, and their climate scientists. The leading organizations are the IPCC of the United Nations, the CRU in Britain, and GISS and NOAA in the United States. Personnel move around within the establishment, getting funding from the same sources, collaborating on projects, and publishing in the same journals.

There are other climate establishments in this world, and they haven’t come to the same conclusions about what causes global warming.