YES. We need to amplify the signal and turn down the noise. True for so many issues. Aussie cartoonist Cathy Wilcox sums it up with:

If Albo wanted to show some leadership he could expand the RC terms of reference.

The world is bigger than Iowa. 50C (120F) in parts of Australia today.

Sometimes good to just enjoy the moment without reaching for the camera (colour me guilty on that).

(enjoy your posts from the other side of the Pacific - we had 42C/109C over Christmas, not a record)

Interested to know whether a US based climate scientist has to consciously convert between “ and mm or F and C or your brain just ‘knows’ the equivalence. Like fluency in multiple languages. In Aus we went metric in the 60s when I was 10. I’m still fluent in inches but not F.

Difficult to judge what the general aussie attitude is - echo chambers etc. Have there been any broad population surveys ? I really want to believe you.

I live alongside the world’s largest coal export port, ~2,000 ships pa, responsible for about 1% of global emissions. Hard to conceive of any process that can put all that shit back in the ground, let alone scale it up to 10%, 20% (who knows) of our emissions. andrewstyan.com/portfolio/on...

Someone should ask him, but given his Party he may use the ‘please explain’ defence.

Australian Values ?

Hiroshi Sugimoto www.sugimotohiroshi.com/seascapes-1

Perfect! (not)

perhaps get it renamed as Trump Centre for Atmospheric Research. Wouldn’t get closed then.

Quite clear which end of the retail politician to statesman scale that Howard stands on. The gun laws always seemed to be an anomaly in his legacy.

I’m so happy for you … I think

At this time of year they take over our side path. At night. My wife enjoys my 'walked into a web in the dark' dance.