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australian rainfall, Tag
- The Hotter-Drier “Climate change” myth — the rain in Australia has always been erratic, no CO2 trend Mon, 13 Jan 20, 5:50pmWhen will our BoM and Climate Experts correct the Fake Science and misinformation?
- The worst drought in history viewed through carbo-phobic glasses: ABC misses the obvious Wed, 17 Jul 19, 4:37pmThe obvious headline: “Worst drought in history was 100 years ago, nothing to do with CO2″
- Blockbuster: 178 years of Australian rain has nothing to do with CO2, worst extremes 1849, 1925, 1950 Wed, 22 May 19, 4:18amRemarkable! A new study by Ashcroft, Karoly and Dowdy pieces together an extraordinary 178 years of rainfall data from Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. This is a rare study that brings in much older data, looking at trends...
- Six weeks ago Australian Met Bureau predicted a dry month for Townsville Thu, 7 Feb 19, 2:21pmWarwick Hughes (h/t Dave Brewer) points out that on Dec 20th the Australian Bureau of Meteorology predicted that the Townsville region had only a 1 in 3 chance of exceeding the average rainfall in January.
- 1000 year rainfall study suggests droughts and floods used to be longer, worse Thu, 12 May 16, 4:24amA study done on… golly, Antarctic Ice, allegedly shows that in the catchment area for Newcastle in NSW, Australia, the last 100 years have been pretty darn nice, compared to the past when droughts and big-wet periods...
- Australian Rainfall Zones have moved (if you cherrypick the right years) Tue, 15 Mar 16, 4:24amThe headlines are out, telling us the unnerving news that the climate has changed, “zones are on the march”. How ominous.
- Blockbuster: Are hot days in Australia mostly due to low rainfall, and electronic thermometers — not CO2? Fri, 13 Nov 15, 4:32amBlame dry weather and electronic sensors for a lot of Australia’s warming trend… In this provocative report, retired research scientist Bill Johnston analyzes Australian weather records in a fairly sophisticated...
- Blockbuster: Are hot days in Australia mostly due to low rainfall, and electronic thermometers not CO2? Fri, 13 Nov 15, 4:32amBlame dry weather and electronic sensors for a lot of Australia’s warming trend… In this provocative report, retired research scientist Bill Johnston analyzes Australian weather records in a fairly sophisticated...
- If the BOM was incompetent, the ABC would be the last to find out Sat, 10 Jan 15, 5:06amAccording to the ABC the Bureau of Met tells us that Queensland has experienced “the worst drought in 80 years” and that “37.3% of the state was covered by the lowest rainfall on record”. (Watch it on iview...
- Global warming dumps late snow in Australia. Fires one year. Flood the next. Wed, 15 Oct 14, 6:34pmA major stormfront in NSW has dropped 170mm on rain on Ulladulla, ploughed down trees, drove waves 8m high onshore, and put the airport underwater in Sydney...
- Australian – Asian rainfall linked to solar activity for last 6000 years Thu, 8 May 14, 2:16amA new study by Steinke shows that the sun could have been a driver (somehow) of some of the monsoonal rain changes over the last 6,000 years over Indonesia and Northern Australia...
- Australia has lowest number of tropical cyclones in 1500 years? Fri, 31 Jan 14, 7:57pmA new paper suggests there is an “unprecedentedly” low number of tropical cyclones around Australia at the moment. (How much should we spend to avoid this dreadful outcome I wonder?)
- Bushfire predictions in 2070 are nonsense on stilts. Models can’t predict rainfall Thu, 23 Jan 14, 9:43pmShowing that academics can cost the country more than they return, ANU’s Geoff Cary posits that there is an 80% consensus (an unmeasured, meaningless statistic) that there will be more fires in Australia 60 years from...
- Land clearing caused drop in rainfall in South West of Australia Fri, 6 Dec 13, 8:57pmRain rain go away, let’s chop a forest down today?
- Most Useless Flagrant Flop of Government (MUFFOG 2012): Finalist — Victorian Desal Tue, 4 Dec 12, 3:57amIn a competitive field it’s going to hard to beat this.