Monthly Archives: December 2008

The quest for a million-year ice record

The world’s ice sheets are our best record of what the climate was like thousands of years ago. Now an international team has begun the search for a million-year ice core from the continent’s deepest ice. Continue reading

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Australia takes the low road

Kevin Rudd’s promise of leadership on climate change is looking fraudulent in the wake of the pathetic emissions targets announced last week. Continue reading

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How leadership went AWOL at Poznan

The Poznan climate change meeting needed national governments to stand up to be counted. They didn’t. Continue reading

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