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News & Views item - April 2007 |
While the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Malcolm Turnbull, Marches to the Prime Minister's Drumbeat CSIRO Starts Telling it Like it is. (April 4, 2007)
While the Coalition's Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Malcolm Turnbull, berates the Labor opposition for not recognising that Australia's actual contribution to climate change (global warming) is miniscule (heaven forbid we should set an example), the journal Nature reports on the detrimental effects of local pollution on rainfall and CSIRO is becoming increasing visible.
A sampling from today's Google News.
Climate change poses threat to southern fisheries: CSIRO
ABC Online - Australia
The CSIRO study on the future of marine life, found climate change is
warming up Australia's east coast waters. Report co-author Tom Oakey says it
is ...
Warming sea to hit commercial fisheries: CSIRO
ABC Online - Australia
A new CSIRO report has warned that climate change is causing a
significant change in the make-up of Australia's oceans. ...
Emissions can be cut, we just need the will
The Age - Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia
As Graeme Pearman, formerly the CSIRO's top climate change scientist,
declared frankly: "We don't know all the science. We don't know all the
solutions. ...
Research tests stormwater harvesting
Brisbane Times - Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia
The five-year plan, including $25 million over five years from the State
Government, includes researchers from University of Queensland, CSIRO
and Griffith ...
Study to investigate waste water irrigation of vineyards
ABC Online - Australia
The CSIRO has found that, on average, two litres of water is wasted
for every bottle of wine produced. Researcher Anu Kumar says most of the
water is used ...