Skeptic's Corner: The Age of Unreason

The Australian newspaper The Age has an article titled Climate change adding to severity written by a Birdie Smith. Obviously this is a piece written about some new peer reviewed scholarly work done by climate researchers....not.

In the article Birdie does everything possible to tie cyclone Yasi to global warming/climate change while simultaneously destroying the foundation for that assertion.

Malaria transmission to decline in Burundi because of global warming

Writing in the International Journal of Global Warming, the team explains that rising temperatures will lead to lower humidity and rainfall which will shorten the lifespan of mosquitoes carrying malaria.

America braces for NEW snowstorms as country digs out from 'bomb scene' blizzard of ice and snow that crushed buildings and killed 12 | Mail Online

# Snow and ice predicted across much of the country for Saturday
# At least 12 dead as most recent storm causes chaos in 30 states
# Temperatures plunge to 30 below as last storm passes
# Hundreds of thousands of people without power
# 13,000 flights already cancelled this week with more chaos expected as airports fight to open
# Storm was 'worst in 50 years'