Jennifer Marohasy

One can tell – with a high degree of confidence – what topics are expected to be raised here, this morning when it comes to discussing the key challenges of today’s world. The selection of the moderator and my fellow-panelists only confirms it. I guess it is either international terrorism or poverty in Africa. Talking [...]

Articles in The West Australian newspaper on 15th and 17th September 2007 suggested that global warming will lead to the virtual disappearance of Western Australia’s iconic karri forest. The articles quote Dr Ray Wills, a research scientist at the University of Western Australia’s Geography Department, who asserts that karri forests could be reduced to small [...]

Following is my summary from an editorial in Norwegian paper Fiskaren:
“In October many celebrities will gather to celebrate 30 years with Sea Shepherd, including Mick Jagger, Martin Sheen, Orlando Bloom , Uma Thurman and Pierce Brosnan among other super stars together with their cheque books.
Norway has been under heavy international criticism for its whaling policy. [...]

There was some discussion earlier this year at this blog about polar bear numbers. We couldn’t seem to agree whether numbers were increasing or decreasing and what would happen to bears if all the sea ice melted.
Well according to Dr. Mitch Taylor, a polar bear biologist who has just completed a three-year survey, polar [...]