Climate Tasmania

We lionise people of action, but they don’t always deliver what’s needed. [24 April 2012 | Peter Boyer]
It’s a funny thing that while our waistlines expand along with our aversion to exercise, we seem to be hearing and talking more than ever about the tough guy, the no-fat, no-nonsense, hard-working pioneer who gets things done.
Our [...]

A Hobart scientist’s achievement in casting light on what is causing our sea levels to change has been recognised with Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science. [10 April 2012 | Peter Boyer]
Under low clouds, perhaps lit by a lightning bolt, the city waits helplessly as a wind-whipped surge of ocean water approaches, threatening to [...]

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 [...]