Just found this Herald piece by Anthony Duesberg, based on an interview I gave before heading off to China. He wanted to explore the “technology to the rescue
Category: Hot Topic
The presenter, the author, and the crank
Marcus Lush rang me up this morning for a chat about the emissions trading scheme on his Radio Live breakfast show (podcast and stream available here). Nice plug for the book, too, but my bit was followed by a “dissenting
Trumpet, blowing of one’s own, #1
The first full review of HT is out. Bryan Walker in the Waikato Times liked the book.
AUT University’s newly established press can be congratulated on their first publication. The subject is vital, the exposition lucid, and the presentation attractive. The book deserves many readers.
Suckers for punishment can hear me interviewed on Tremane Barr’s Prism Webcast News here. The barking during the first five minutes is Peg, the amazingly charming truffle hound, demanding to be let in.
Back in harness
I bought one of Martin’s pork pies today. After too much yak in Shangri-La, I found myself lusting after something a little more in my own cultural tradition… But as I try to catch up with climate news, I find that Xian Ge Li La is in the news for all the wrong reasons:
KUNMING, September 10 — One of China’s leading tourist landmarks, Meili Snow Mountain, will be devoid of snow within 80 years if global warming trends continue, a meteorological scientist warned on Monday. Liu Jiaxun also said China’s lowest and southernmost glacier, Mingyong, has shrunk by at least 40 meters over the past 13 years. The combined effects of ice melting and drying water sources would have devastating effects downstream, said Liu, deputy director of the Meteorological Bureau of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in northeastern Yunnan Province. Mingyong — at 2,700 meters above sea level and 28.5 degrees north — had the lowest elevation and latitude of all China’s glaciers, said Liu. At 11.7 km long and covering 13 sq. km, it was shrinking faster than any other Chinese glacier, he said.
Sadly, during my visit to the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture the Himalayas were shrouded in cloud. It rained. (Picture from Erhai Lake near Lijiang). Catching up will continue soon.
[Update: Pictures of the Meili Snow Mountain and glacier from China View here. The clouds cleared briefly, apparently…]
Hot Topic hiatus
Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be posting less frequently – I’m donning my truffle hat and heading off to a conference in China. I’ll be checking in from time to time, as internet connections allow, and will try to keep in touch with climate news in NZ and overseas. You may expect me to plant some trees on my return.
Meanwhile, a few interesting links: British dairy farmers are waking up to their carbon footprint – which suggests that our farmers will need to do more than rely on their “global warming hero