Jennifer Marohasy

There has been an interesting exchange between Ann in Sweden, David in Tokyo, and others following my blog post of 23rd April titled ‘Norway to Kill More Whales’.
The discussion has now moved from whales to elephants.
I lived in Kenya from 1989 through to late 1992 and visited Zimbabwe and South Africa. It was evident [...]

I have copied this comment by Bob McDonald from my blog post of 7th April titled ‘MInister Blocks Wind Farm for Orange Bellied Parrots’:
Wind power as generated by turbines with large blades has only recently been discovered to have a significant and avoidable impact on birds and bats. Better siting will provide most of the [...]

Coby,
I accept that I should not have said [in my previous blog post, which can be accessed by clicking here] that well mixed GHGs “presumably have a similar warming impact in both hemispheres” (Figure 11 of Hansen et al, third map down in right column refers).
But I don’t agree that ‘there is no significant discrepancy [...]

The World Conservation Union (The IUCN) has just released it ‘red list’ for 2006 with the headline:
“The number of known threatened species reaches 16,119. The ranks of those facing extinction are joined by familiar species like the polar bear, hippopotamus and desert gazelles; together with ocean sharks, freshwater fish and Mediterranean flowers. Positive action has [...]