Climate Change (Page 4)

In the wake of Cyclone Larry, I’m surprised that there hasn’t been much press about global warming and increased cyclone activity. It’s sensible, because you can’t possibly blame one cyclone on global warming, but sense never stopped the media before. So it was co-incidental to read a summary of theContinue Reading

I was reading the New Yorker this evening. The article on Katrina and New Orleans and the aftermath really struck me. There are a whole lot of causes of Katrina, and reasons why there is a good chance New Orleans as a city will never be rebuilt properly again. PartContinue Reading

Today’s SMH has an article comparing the water that has been saved from water restrictions in Sydney (78 billion litres pa) with the amount that would be available from a de-salination plant (45 billion litres pa), or the new miracle cure, groundwater (30 billion litres for three years). While youContinue Reading

I was very excited this week when I logged on to the Sydney Water dam update – we’ve had the best week since last July! So this week, we had enough new water in the dams to cover us for six weeks of normal consumption. It’s still not enough, though.Continue Reading

The grandly named Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate met this week in Sydney. For the un-initiated, this is either (a) a sensible approach to fixing the problem of climate change without those stupid Europeans and greenies hanging around; or (b) Australia and the US putting a desperate spinContinue Reading

Sydney Water has a section of their website which has become a must-read for me – the Bulk Water Storage and Supply Report. It tells you how close Sydney is to running out of water. I don’t actually do that much to save water (except live in the innercity withoutContinue Reading

Are the storms that we’ve had this year a sign of global warming? Or is it just coincidence (after all, we’ve had a pretty horrible year for earthquakes and tsunamis too). I went looking for evidence, but couldn’t find it in a casual sweep; I’m finding that global warming isContinue Reading