Turnbull lost by "one" vote.

Hardly a landslide - or a comprehensive rejection.

Considering Abbott is clearly aligned with the "skeptic" camp and, as we know, will say anything (what was that line he used?...something about the only thing he wouldn't do was sell his arse to get the Prime Ministership) It's ridiculous to assume that his political actions would be dictated by anything other than partisan politics and personal ambition.

Screw the science, eh?

As Malcolm is still a sitting member of parliament, I would say that not all Liberal voters have fully rejected his stance, nor that their numbers are so vanishingly small as to not matter.

Abbott's elevation to the leadership was a victory of the true believers over the scientific pragmatists, even though the narrative seems to be rewritten by the zealots to be a mirror of reality.

The current leadership is yet to prove to be solid, but barring Tony talking about women again I'd say he probably has a good chance this time around.

Anyway, take off those blinkers before you leave the office eh? It could be dangerous to your health.

Dear Bugsy,

Don't count your chickens just yet.

Mr Abbott has plenty of time to make some
major blunders prior to the election.
His achilles heel is in his mouth.

An updated look at Canadian tar sands and the Keystone XL pipeline and predicted effect on CO2 emissions:

http://skepticalscience.com/updated-keystone-climate.html

Because tar sands oil extraction is a particularly dirty and polluting process, it's continued expansion and the development of the pipeline is a fairly good measure of the seriousness with which US and Canadian politicians regard AGW.

I wonder if this is a sign of more to come. In a region just recovering from Sandy, they're now dealing with another record storm.

http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/02/09/lose-power-storm-expected-continue-into-midday/1I0rzzSPGsdJ58jf0LfFIK/picture.html

Record snow falls - and coastal inundation.

Portland ME has recorded snowfall of 31.9 inches, breaking the record set in 1979 of 27.1.

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/threat-of-looming-blizzard-seen-through-six-images-15569

"...unusually warm sea-surface temperatures lurking just off the East Coast..."

Like the "floods again" in Queensland, we'll have to wait and see if there's a repeat in the near future....if, in fact, once in fifty year anomalies will instead become regular events.

Interesting times ahead.