Climate Tasmania

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

Fragile ice, fragile credibility

“Climategate” scandals make no difference to the mounting evidence that our planet is warming. [2 February 2010 | Peter Boyer]
“Good grief, after climategate and the email scandal we are still talking about carbon and man made climate change?” asked a Mercury website reader last week.
Incredible though it may seem, yes, we are. I’d take great pleasure [...]

Humans and future climate: getting some clear air amid the noise of battle

We are confronted daily with a barrage of information and opinion about climate change and the human factor. Here are some thoughts on cutting through the noise, and a couple of simple questions for everyone to answer. [13 November 2009 | Peter Boyer]
Address to National Conference, Local Government Grants Commissions, Hobart, 12 November 2009
Let me introduce [...]

Tasmania in 2100: the vision of our new breed of future-gazers

Simulating our climate using computer models has been an important tool in understanding how rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect global processes. Now, world-leading modellers are building a high-resolution vision of our own island’s future climate. [10 November 2009 | Peter Boyer]
When we want to know what the weather’s doing now we [...]