US Congress Considers a Kangaroo Product Ban

Ask an Aussie if there is anything rare or endangered about Kangaroos, or road pests as we think of them, and most of us would collapse into helpless laughter. But for reasons which are unclear US Congress is set to consider a bipartisan Kangaroo Product ban.…

Review of Biomass Calculations in Achieving Net Zero Emissions Scenario.

The current practice of using trees as a renewable and carbon neutral option simple does not make sense in theory or practice. If we want to reduce our carbon emissions and yet still have uninterruptible power supply, we could start immediately by converting any existing operating coal fired plants to natural gas, and do the same with any old coal fired plants converted to wood pellets.…

UK National Temperature record at Cambridge Botanic Garden –An examination of the data.

The gardens have over a century of weather recording, during which time the Stevenson screen has been moved a number of times as circumstances changed. Currently there would seem to be less developed sites within the gardens that might be better suited to the location of the Stevenson screen, if it is to fall within the CIMO rules for a Class 1 site that should presumably be used to establish national records.…

Here comes the new generation of climate models: the future of rainfall in the Alps

Next generation climate models are developed and applied by the CMCC Foundation in several international projects and contexts. Some examples include the study of urban heatwaves and the evolution of rainfall extremes in support of adaptation policies on an urban scale: all contexts that will benefit from having simulations on hourly scales.…