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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Continental drift | 10/12/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: How does climate change get affected by continental drift A: Continental drift has absolutely no effect whatsoever on global warming and its resultant climate ... | ||
| El Nino and La Nina | 10/10/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: I have a basic understanding of El Nino and La Nina. But, i am unable to understand the effects on ... A: The upwelling is simply water sloshing around in the bath, on a bigger scale. The sloshing is ... | ||
| El Nino and La Nina | 10/10/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: I have a basic understanding of El Nino and La Nina. But, i am unable to understand the effects on ... A: The Pacific Ocean is like a big bath tub. A long period of consistent winds blowing across the ... | ||
| Climate Change the Future | 10/2/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: What might climate change be like in the future, if it is not rectified? A: Global warming can’t be rectified by cutting emissions and in consequence climate change will ... | ||
| Hurricane Katrina Question | 9/30/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: I understand that Hurricane Katrina was formed from a group of thunderstorms over the Bahamas, and ... A: Hurricanes are now more severe the world over. I maintain that the reason for this is not so much ... | ||
| what do you think about this theory? | 9/23/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: My theory of the Earths oil supply. Humans pull out 80 -100 million barrels of oil a day! ask ... A: I think your maths is a little bit out. It would not matter what we did with all the oil and gas ... | ||
| Climate Change and The Future | 9/8/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: What would happen in the future if nothing was done? A: It’s near impossible to accurately predict future weather and future climate, change except in ... | ||
| Responsible leadership Ha! | 8/14/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: These days we hear a lot about global responsible leadership and I can't quite understand the true ... A: It’s a fiction. “Global responsible leadership” The thought that the people should be silly enough ... | ||
| True or False | 5/15/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: Allan Yeomans. I have been asking my teacher for "why is fuel for vehicles getting higher?". He ... A: There are no international oil antitrust laws. Many countries have laws to prevent suppliers getting ... | ||
| Global Warming is no Hoax | 5/6/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: Yeomans, I'm a freshman in college and is doing an argument research paper on the topic: global ... A: No it’s not a hoax. It’s already causing the greatest disruption to world weather in all human ... | ||
| Ending Global Warming | 4/16/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: Yeomans, I'm doing a research project on global warming. It would be nice if you can answer these ... A: We can not only stop it, we can eliminate it. We simply stop using fossil carbon materials as ... | ||
| National Parks | 1/2/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: Should more tourists be permitted in Wildlife sanctuaries as it brings increased revenue A: Global warming is the only really significant environmental issue facing your country and the ... | ||
| fixing air pollution | 1/1/2011 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: I was just curious and wanted to know how do the forests help in reducing pollution? Thanks, Esha A: I was just curious and wanted to know how do the forests help in reducing pollution? Thanks, Esha ... | ||
| Kyoto Protocol Fictions | 11/11/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: 1.) After signing the Kyoto Protocol, what are some actions the United States took that effects our ... A: TheKoyoto protocols have two main objectives.Both evil. The first is to instill in the masses that ... | ||
| What makes global warming such an issue? | 10/23/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: I am a year 8 student and our English teacher has given our class an assignment where we have to ... A: Global warming is the most dangerious issue now facing the world. To end it is absolutely ... | ||
| Global Warming in the Near Future | 9/29/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: I am working on a novel that takes place in the near future, say 10 - 20 years from now. My story ... A: Weather forecasters generally can’t get tomorrow right. So what I guess, is just a guess to suit ... | ||
| Global Warming In The Far Future | 8/25/2010 | David B. |
| Q: I'm working on a science fiction novel that takes place several centuries from now which deals with ... A: It's actually really difficult to give specific predictions of little regions like that. The best we ... | ||
| Global Warming The Future | 8/25/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: I'm working on a science fiction novel that takes place several centuries from now which deals with ... A: Weather forecasters generally can’t get tomorrow right. So what I guess is just a guess to suit ... | ||
| Global warming and interglacial periods | 8/18/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: My name is Scott, and im 13 and really into the climatology/ meteorology area, and one day hope to ... A: We should be getting colder not hotter, that the answer to the first part of your question. If ... | ||
| Green museum | 7/18/2010 | David B. |
| Q: I live in the UK and work for my local tourist board. Because of the 2012 Olympics there will be a ... A: First I'd just like to say, I think you have a pretty exciting job--I have to say I would like to be ... | ||
| carbon dioxide | 6/29/2010 | David B. |
| Q: I am working at a subway/metro project where we are saving a lot of energy in kW. I am told to find ... A: First, I need to make sure that you understand the difference between a kilowatt and a kilowatt ... | ||
| Carbon footprints | 5/22/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: There are many "carbon calculators" online which claim to give users their "carbon footprint" based ... A: There is little point in worrying about a so called “carbon foot print” if you use electricity ... | ||
| Carbon dioxide and oxygen balance | 5/15/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: Plants obviously use photosynthesis (Carbon dioxide + water + light energy --> carbohydrate + ... A: Rain forests are useless for exactly the reason you are querying. Once an equilibrium has been ... | ||
| Theory: Rising Sea-Levels | 5/2/2010 | David B. |
| Q: The Principle of Archimedes states that ‘any object displaces its own weight of fluid.’ I truly ... A: Okay, many thoughts here that I tried to lay out in an organized manner but probably failed ... | ||
| Theory: Rising Sea-Levels | 5/1/2010 | David B. |
| Q: The Principle of Archimedes states that ‘any object displaces its own weight of fluid.’ I truly ... A: Well I have to say, I have never heard this before. Congratulations on coming up with a truly ... | ||
| Land Ice Not Sea Ice | 5/1/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: The Principle of Archimedes states that ‘any object displaces its own weight of fluid.’ I truly ... A: It’s land ice melting or flowing as glaciers into the sea that raises sea levels. You are correct ... | ||
| Is America the Worst? | 4/20/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: I am 12 year old girl named Humayra. I was told to ask an expert these questions. I hope you can ... A: No. America is no worse than any other Western country. It is better for example than ... | ||
| Global Warming is Natural? | 4/20/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: That global climate change is real I have no doubt. My issue lies in the "human caused" part of the ... A: I showed your letter to some friends in the oil industry. They read it and then proceeded to ... | ||
| Global Warming | 4/6/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: I am a 12 year old boy named Daniel who wants to find out answers for some questions: 1. Is there a ... A: Five good questions Daniel. Ending global warming is a problem for the young. Your parents ... | ||
| Global warming skeptics | 3/12/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: I'm a year 10 student and I'm doing a research project on Global Warming. As one of my questions ... A: I said those people who deny global warming is a reality are saying all, or at least the ... | ||
| Big oil needs global warming | 3/12/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: I'm a year 10 student and I'm doing a research project on Global Warming. As one of my questions ... A: To end global warming it is a prerequisite that the fossil fuel business have to go out of ... | ||
| Affects of Global Warming In California | 3/5/2010 | David B. |
| Q: Recently, I had a conversation with a friend of mine who is physicist about global warming, ... A: My answer to this is going to be basically the same: it's not going to happen. And for the same ... | ||
| Global Warming Stats for Research project | 3/1/2010 | David B. |
| Q: B I'm a yr 10 student and for school we have to do a project on global warming. I've been ... A: I understand now that you are interested in absolute temperatures, not anomalies. I'm sorry to say, ... | ||
| Affects of Global Warming In California | 3/1/2010 | David B. |
| Q: Recently, I had a conversation with a friend of mine who is physicist about global warming, ... A: While climate change may play a part in affecting the precipitation patterns of some areas, you ... | ||
| Global Warming Stats for Research project | 2/27/2010 | David B. |
| Q: B I'm a yr 10 student and for school we have to do a project on global warming. I've been ... A: You can find data for the global average temperature since 1880 at NASA's website, here: ... | ||
| Burning Sugarcane is OK | 2/16/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: Can you explain more deeply how the carbon cycle on sugar cane carbon dioxide. "“Air pollution ... A: Ethanol threatens petroleum, when used to replace petrol in spark ignition engines or combined ... | ||
| Global Warming | 2/14/2010 | David B. |
| Q: I am a student at East Carolina University and I am writing a paper on Global Warming and I must ask ... A: I have answered your questions below: <<What kind of experience do you have in regard to the ... | ||
| Thirty Billion a Week Profit | 2/11/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: when we were in high school our teacher told us the earth will like in the past enter another ice ... A: It’s money that talks the loudest with all things. So we must look for the money when we talk ... | ||
| global warming - myth? | 2/9/2010 | David B. |
| Q: I am a neutral on the global warming subject but recently watched a documentary whose stated goal I ... A: Ahh, Swindle. It's a pretty popular video, and good job for observing that it is at least slightly ... | ||
| Earth's temperature determined | 2/9/2010 | Allan Yeomans |
| Q: when we were in high school our teacher told us the earth will like in the past enter another ice ... A: Your teacher is right. Without the incredible quantities of carbon dioxide we have pumped into ... | ||
Global warming/Climate Change
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Allan Yeomans
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Expertise
All aspects except details on specific or local areas. No questions labeled "private" will be answered.auclear
Experience
Author of PRIORITY ONE Together We can Beat Global Warming. Published as paper-back in US and hard-cover in Australia.
Agricultural consultant both in Australia and the US.
Aviation meteorologist and lecturer.
Organizations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Australian Gliding Association
Publications
Various agricultural magazines and newspapers.
Education/Credentials
No degree, but post graduate work on nuclear physics and early computer designs at Dept of Physics, University of Sydney.
Numerous lectures and presentations at colleges both in Australia and the US.
Awards and Honors
Several agricultural design awards at the Australian National Agricultural Field Days.
Winner Queensland Gold Coast City 2001 Innovation Design Award
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