We live at a time when it is fashionable to lament how nature has become overwhelmingly depleted. So when sand is stripped from the local beach there is much public gnashing of teeth and a newspaper headline. But when the same beach is … [Read more...] about Replete with Sand
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Sea Level Fall, Accurately Reported in Local Noosa News
So much thanks to Peter Gardiner of the local Noosa News for so accurately reporting on Senator Malcolm Robert's visit to Noosa National Park this morning in the article now available online: Scientists, Senator Claim Noosa's Sea Level is Falling. … [Read more...] about Sea Level Fall, Accurately Reported in Local Noosa News
The Useful Things
"To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life." TS Eliot So much thanks to each of the Queensland nurses who have just left for Melbourne… for doing the useful thing. … [Read more...] about The Useful Things
Peter Ridd Asks for your Help – Now
PROFESSOR Peter Ridd is a physicist at James Cook University who has dared to question scientific findings that purport to show the Great Barrier Reef is in trouble. Specifically, he has been formally censured by the University and told to remain … [Read more...] about Peter Ridd Asks for your Help – Now
Remembering Diane Ainsworth
I can’t find a good photograph of Diane Ainsworth – one that does her justice. Thirty years ago, she had a cheeky smile, deep-set eyes, mousey-coloured thick wiry hair, and a very thin waist. We were friends at boarding school, and in the … [Read more...] about Remembering Diane Ainsworth
In Search of a Moderator
GROUPS of people, by their nature tend to seek out a consensus, but groups are more resilient and more likely to get closer to the truth when they are open to new ideas and when they confront dissent with rational argument. So, I’ve been very … [Read more...] about In Search of a Moderator
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.