UPDATE 2 [17 Jan]: The Australian has removed the sea level story below and issued a correction. Whilst I have yet to read the paper in full (kindly provided by Dr John Church), the correction states: “[The paper] found that in… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Sea level’
Photograph high tides 'to prepare for climate change'
Just the latest in a long line of initiatives to prepare us all for the impending armageddon. This time it’s the “Witness King Tides” project, which describes itself thus: We need coastal communities around Australia to take a photo or… Read More ›
Sea level sanity returning?
The previous Labor government in New South Wales slavishly followed the IPCC’s alarmist predictions for sea level rise, imposing onerous restrictions on waterfront development and reducing property values significantly in the process. There have been a number of protests from… Read More ›
Climate sense in Victoria: climate-driven planning laws relaxed
More climate sense, this time from Victoria, where draconian planning restrictions based on fanciful sea level rise predictions have been “watered down” (ho, ho): The State Government will relax planning rules designed to address the impact of climate change in… Read More ›
Run for the hills: sea levels to rise 70 feet by, er, sometime…
This kind of pointless, gratuitous alarmism does nothing but damage The Cause. It’s like saying “planet will be swallowed by Sun – entire population to die… in 4.5 billion years”. But I’m not complaining. If the alarmists want to shoot… Read More ›
Island states want "climate justice"
Island states that claim they are being threatened by “climate change” are considering taking the matter to the International Court of Justice: The International Court of Justice should take action against states unwilling to combat the causes of climate change,… Read More ›
NSW government "censored" inconvenient sea level data
[tube]g9Q_Ss7Pebw[/tube] A report on Channel 7′s news at 6pm this evening alleges that sea level data, showing rates of rise far lower than those projected, were censored to avoid conflicting with government policy on climate change. Sea levels at Fort… Read More ›
Global sea level drops by 6mm – Flannery safe
Tim Flannery’s waterside property looks safe (for the moment at least) as a new paper shows global sea level dropped like a stone in much of 2010: So what’s up with the down seas, and what does it mean? Climate… Read More ›
Flannery fears "Norway-style attack"
Because as we all know, anybody who dares question the ridiculous predictions of the Official Government Climate Prophet is only a whisker away from buying a machine gun and killing dozens of innocent people. Desperate to regain what little is… Read More ›
Sea level rises "decelerating"
One of the biggest scares used by this government for action on climate change is the threat of rising sea levels, inundating coastal regions and flooding low-lying islands. The IPCC has predicted rises of up to 59cm by 2100, but… Read More ›