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Ruminations on extreme nature

The Murray-Darling floods may seem like an anomaly, but they fit within the IPCC pattern for climate change in Australia. [13 March 2012 | Peter Boyer] The long-suffering people of the Murray-Darling basin don’t need to be told that Australia’s … Continue reading

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Don’t judge a year by a cold snap

Dealing with a counter-intuitive reality [11 January 2011 | Peter Boyer] Walking the dog on Fern Tree’s Pipeline Track, every so often I encounter our local weatherman, Bradley Hudson. We chat about this and that, including of course the weather … Continue reading

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Despite the cold, Tasmania is warming

It got suddenly chilly in the second week of May, but the cold masks an underlying warming that has continued for over half a century. [8 June 2010 | Peter Boyer] Global warming would have been the farthest thing from your … Continue reading

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