Archive for January, 2010
Climate chief Rajendra Pachauri was told of false glacier claims before Copenhagen
The Himalayan glaciers are so thick and at a high altitude that most glaciologists believe it would take several hundred years to melt
The chairman of the leading climate change watchdog Rajendra Pachauri was informed that claims about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit, The UK Times has learnt.
Rajendra Pachauri was told that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment that the glaciers would disappear by 2035 was wrong, but he waited two months to correct it. He failed to act despite learning that the claim had been refuted by several leading glaciologists.
Aussie Fishermen fight off shark-stealing crocodile
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A video has emerged of a group of fishermen in the Northern Territory fighting off a crocodile who tried to steal a shark they caught. The footage, posted on YouTube last month by the Cape Don Barramundi Fishing Lodge, shows one of the men on a boat struggling with the shark on the end of his line.
Turn your old tired wardrobe into cash!
here is how..
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We’ve all got a stash of tired old clothes we don’t wear anymore. But what you’ve loved before can be loved again… by someone else.
Highest tides since 2001 tipped for Gold Coast, Sunshine coasts
Forecasted for this weekend and into next week
Gold Coast Lifesavers, waterfront residents and Queensland councils are bracing for huge king tides and possible treacherous surf at the Gold Coast and Sunshine coasts this weekend and into next week. The highest tides in nine years threaten to create dangerous surges that could endanger lives and cause damaging erosion, authorities warn.
Global Warming Scientists in Stolen e-mail Scandal Hid Climate Data
Is this science?
The university at the centre of the climate change row over stolen e-mails broke the law by refusing to hand over its raw data for public scrutiny. The University of East Anglia breached the Freedom of Information Act by refusing to comply with requests for data concerning claims by its scientists that man-made emissions were causing global warming.
PC Decrapifier
When you purchase a new computer it will likely come preloaded with a bunch of programs you probably don’t need or want. That’s typically when you’ll come across the free PC Decrapifier program which can remove a lot of that junk, but what you might not realize is that it can bulk remove just about any Application on your computer.
First off, one thing that’s nice is that PC Decrapifier is completely portable (No need to install ). There’s nothing you need to install to use it, which also makes it a handy tool to carry on a USB drive. Second, it has a simple interface that takes you step-by-step through the various options. After you use it you’ll quickly realize that its purpose in life is one thing: to remove programs.
Global warming fraud
Lawsuit in the works
[excerpts] Finally, efforts are being made by the founder of the Weather Channel, John Coleman, to sue Al Gore and his cohorts for perpetrating "the greatest scam in history" — the fraud of global warming. Thirty thousand others, comprised of scientists and experts, are also willing to join in that lawsuit.
Move Over Neville, Here Comes Cyclone Olga! Queensland Australia
JANUARY 23, 1pm: A CYLONE is lurking closer to the coast of Far North Queensland and is threatening to cross paths with Cairns on Monday with predicted wind speeds of 165km/h.
The category one Cyclone Olga which formed overnight in the Coral Sea was sitting less than 500km east of Cairns and north-east of Townsville at noon today and is predicted to continue moving west towards the coast…more
UN admits Himalaya glacier data "poorly substantiated"
The UN’s climate science panel has acknowledged that a grim prediction on the fate of Himalayan glaciers in a benchmark report on global warming had been "poorly substantiated" and was a lapse in standards.