Friday, March 01, 2013

New York: How Sandy became the tipping point for city’s response to climate change - FT.com
New York has emerged from the storm as the poster child for urban vulnerability to rising seas, warming temperatures and extreme weather...A storm of Sandy’s magnitude, now considered likely once in 500 years, could occur once a century by [the 2080s].    [How, specifically, do we know that a storm of that magnitude didn't already occur more often than once per century by the 1880s?]
University Climate Researcher to be investigated for unprofessional conduct
Professor Peter Rathjen, Vice Chancellor of the University of Tasmania (UTAS) has ordered an investigation into professional and academic misconduct by Dr Tony Press, the CEO of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre based at the University of Tasmania.
The Free Market Case for World Government | Planet3.0
The likelihood of severe and potentially catastrophic anthropogenic climate change is in part a consequence of our inability to enforce any right to protection from the harm to life and property caused by the cross-border impacts of greenhouse gas emissions.
Sudden Climate Change Not Possible, Study Claims
Sudden climate changes can’t really happen, claims a controversial paper published in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution authored by scientists in the US, UK, and Australia.
We Told You There Would Be Hurricanes! | Real Science
There are always hurricanes, you morons.

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