Responses to Professor Ian Plimer’s 101 climate questions

In late 2011, Professor Ian Plimer, a geology professor and expert mineralogist with no background in climate science, released his latest book, How to get expelled from school: a guide to climate change for pupils, parents and punters. In response to Professor Ian Plimer’s 101 questions on climate change science, the department provides Accurate Answers (PDF 1.4 MB). The answers and comments provided are intended to give clear and accurate responses to Professor Plimer’s questions. The answers are based on up-to-date peer-reviewed science and have been reviewed by a number of Australian climate scientists. For additional reliable information on climate change science, good resources include:

• The Australian Academy of Science’s report: The Science of Climate Change: Questions and Answers (PDF 1.81 MB)
• The Climate Commission’s report: The Critical Decade
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s: Fourth Assessment Report
• The CSIRO’s climate change website, and
• The Bureau of Meteorology’s climate change website.

Responses to Professor Ian Plimer’s 101 climate questions