Climate Tasmania

A Tasmanian take on the thorniest global issue since the dinosaurs. Based on Peter Boyer’s newspaper column in the Hobart Mercury.

Men without honour: how climate denial is wrecking the Liberal Party

On the conservative side of Federal Parliament are a cabal of climate change deniers who are determined to stop any action by Australia to lower its carbon emissions. In the process they are splitting the Liberal Party asunder. [1 December 2009 | Peter Boyer]
The clamour of the past week over Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership, the emissions trading [...]

Antarctic ice and sea levels: the knowledge gap

Antarctic ice is the biggest unknown in our quest to get a handle on future sea levels, but it looks as if it will play a key role.