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Grass, Ruminants and the evolution of humans


In my previous piece I explored evidence of how grasslands and its attendant fauna have come to dominate the earths ecosystems from approx 15 Myrs ago. There is conflicting evidence for the evolution of both the biosphere and the climate … Continue reading

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Grass, Ruminants and Climate Change


The planet continually experiences Climate Change, but this post will describe the effects of climate change on an ecosystem since the beginning of the Oligocene.  Climate and Tectonics (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenozoic) After the tectonic creation of Drake Passage, when South America fully detached from Antarctica … Continue reading

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Humans, Fire and Evolution of the Biosphere


My original hypotheses on this blog, were derived from an inspection of various graphs about the evolution of the climate over the last 65 Myrs, and I based my conclusions on this and knowledge I had about geology and human … Continue reading

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Is AGW Religion, Politics or Science


I have developed a theoretical model of climate change against which I will attempt to quantify the reactions of others. The greenhouse effect is sound science and has a measured effect on temperature approximately equal to 0.8 deg C for a … Continue reading

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A Personal Journey with Mankind


I have over the last 2 years made a personal journey, and in this piece I hope to convey how I reached my conclusions in this blog. I started out with the knowledge that in the 80’s when I studied … Continue reading

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A CO2NVENIENT LIE (apologies to Al Gore)


CO2 has been the environmental bogeyman of the last 25 years. Green activists have been bemoaning the loss of global ice coverage, polar bear extinction, and rising sea levels etc. THE LIE is that CO2 is an unnatural consequence of … Continue reading

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Life the Universe and Everything (apologies to Douglas Adams)


Life on earth is primarily dependent on 4 variables. The temperature of the earth is primarily dependent on 4 variables. These 4 variables are both free and the same. Variable 1 is sunlight Variable 2 is H2O Variable 3 is CO2 Variable 4 … Continue reading

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The Real truth about Anthropogenic Global warming


             Anthropogenic Global Warming is an internal parametric oscillation of the earths climate system.              Parametric oscillations are an internal function of a system which are a response to but are not governed by the energy inputs of an oscillating … Continue reading

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The Earth as a Parametric Oscillator, Instability and non-equilibrium thermodynamics


The earth has a multitude of variable cycles, the longest is the galactic orbital cycle, but they all contribute to its climate. The shortest cycle is the daily insolation cycle which is responsible for the energy which powers the climate and … Continue reading

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Climate sensitivity and forcing 2 a re-evaluation of the IPCC position


Michael Davies Junceira Cao Sertainho Portugal 21 May 2011 I ASSERT MY RIGHT UNDER THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS LAWS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AS THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS WORK. I acknowledge the owners of the freely available scientific literature … Continue reading

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