Jennifer Marohasy

I started this blog on April 14, 2005 with a first post pondering what it means to be a progressive environmentalist.
For more than two years various people have made a significant contribution to the blog including Alan Ashbarry, Ann Novek, Arnost, Chthoniid, Chrisgo, Paul Biggs, Boxer, Ian Castles, David, David in Tokyo, Ender, Gavin, [...]

The supposedly already-degraded state of coral reef ecosystems is sometimes claimed to be a reason why anthropogenic global warming will have a major impact on the reefs, i.e. they are already close to extinction and can easily be tipped over the edge.
A recent paper** by Peter Ridd challenges the methodology used to conclude that the [...]

The 2006 hurricane season ended on 30th November with the number of hurricanes that qualified as “major” – category 3 or above – 50 percent below NOAA forecasts and not a single hurricane made landfall.
Hurricane Dean is the first for this 2007 season and according to Jeff Master’s Wunder blog:
“Hurricane Dean has intensified into the [...]