Climate Tasmania

Address to the 15th International Environmental Forum, Hobart, 10 and 11 December 2011. Conference theme: Ethical Responses to Climate Change [11 December 2011 | Peter Boyer]
I’ll start at the beginning. Or about 56 million years ago, when the dinosaurs had only recently been extinguished and mammals were in the early stages of their evolution. There [...]

A mild Greenland climate in medieval times is no evidence that today’s warming is insignificant. [4 October 2011 | Peter Boyer]
“I’m looking forward to a warmer planet,” wrote a Mercury website correspondent last week.
“It’s happened in the past,” he went on. “There’s no doubt the climate is changing — bring it on. Don’t believe [...]