Real Climate Science

“When you start messing around with these natural systems, you can end up in situations where it’s unstoppable. There are no brakes you can apply,” said David Viner, a senior scientist at the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia.

“This is a big deal because you can’t put the permafrost back once it’s gone. The causal effect is human activity and it will ramp up temperatures even more than our emissions are doing.”

In its last major report in 2001, the intergovernmental panel on climate change predicted a rise in global temperatures of 1.4C-5.8C between 1990 and 2100, but the estimate only takes account of global warming driven by known greenhouse gas emissions.

“These positive feedbacks with landmasses weren’t known about then. They had no idea how much they would add to global warming,” said Dr Viner.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

‘The winters are warming up far more than the summers. There’s no snowfall any more,’ said Dr David Viner of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Harsh winters have devastated Scotland’s Wren population – latest figures from the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), released today, show that numbers fell by 40% between 2009 and 2010.

As one of Britain’s smallest birds, Wrens lose body heat very easily. During cold winters they are known to roost huddled together for warmth, but, despite this, mortality during harsh weather is often high.

http://www.surfbirds.com/

“Unfortunately, it’s just getting too hot for the Scottish ski industry,” said David Viner, of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2008/08/27/bill-clinton-speech.html

November 4, 2008

President Bush “is the lamest of lame-duck presidents we have ever had,” says Brinkley, a professor at Rice University and editor of The Reagan Diaries. “Bush is completely ineffective.” The economy is unhinged; wars rage overseas; the president’s approval ratings have gone to seed”

http://www.npr.org/

It only took him 49-1/2 years to find a pdf of his birth certificate.

“Those of us who were bewitched by his eloquence on the campaign trail chose to ignore some disquieting aspects of his biography: that he had accomplished very little before he ran for president,”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

Professor Ross Garnaut recently highlighted the importance of action from Australia and stated: ‘‘Australia will be influential because the developed countries with high per capita emissions will be expected by the rest of the world to fully contribute to the global effort. If they do not, this will materially weaken the commitments of others, especially in the developing world. We, and other developed countries, can through inaction exercise a veto over effective global mitigation.’’

Sure, overall Australia contributes just less than 2 per cent of global emissions. But so do the vast majority of countries. In fact, countries that emit less than 2 per cent of global emissions make up around half of all the carbon pollution flowing into the atmosphere. Action from these emitters, including Australia, is crucial if we are to have any hope of reducing emissions. A global solution requires all countries to do their bit.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/

Man is responsible for 3% of CO2 emissions. Australia is responsible for 2% of the 3%. No doubt Australia’s 0.0006 fraction (which Julia wants to cut to 0.0005) will make a huge difference in the climate.

What a bunch of morons.