Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Arctic ice shrinks 18% in a year, sounding climate change alarm bells | Environment | The Guardian
Scientists and environment groups say the fall is unprecedented and the clearest signal yet of global warming [Why doesn't this article mention record high Antarctic sea ice levels?]
Retraction record rocks community : Nature News & Comment
One of the biggest purges of the scientific literature in history is finally getting under way. After more than a decade of suspicion about the work of anaesthesiologist Yoshitaka Fujii, formerly of Toho University in Tokyo, investigations by journals and universities have concluded that he fabricated data on an epic scale. At least half of the roughly 200 papers he authored on responses to drugs after surgery are in line for retraction in the coming months.

Like many cases of fraud, this one has raised questions about how the misconduct went undetected for so long. But the scope and duration of Fujii’s deception have shaken multiple journals and the entire field of anaesthesiology, which has seen other high-profile frauds in the past few years.
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit supposed island casualty of global warming - National Climate Change | Examiner.com
the duke and duchess cannot see the effects because there are none.
Ed Davey: 'Government package will help electro-intensive users at risk' - Telegraph
Green policies currently add between 3pc and 12pc to the energy bills of the most energy intensive industries.
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It is also worth remembering that wind power is not unreliable, it is intermittent. There is a difference...
We are determined to meet our legally binding climate change targets in the most cost effective way.

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