CSIRO, Australia's largest scientific research organisation, released a two-part report* last Friday on 'water' in the Murray-Darling Basin, a region often referred to as the food bowl of Australia. The icon within this region is the Murray River … [Read more...] about Fudging Figures on Murray River Salinity: More Shame on CSIRO
Archives for May 24, 2006
Feeling Cold & Confused in a Warming World
It was all over local radio here in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, this morning ... that it was the coldest May morning ever, with temperatures down to -2C. That's cold for subtropical Brisbane. As I sat shivering in my little wooden house with … [Read more...] about Feeling Cold & Confused in a Warming World
Dam the Yangtze, But Not the Mary?
The largest dam in the world, The Three Gorge Dam on the Yangtze River in China, was completed, and ahead of schedule, just last week. And last week controversy errupted where I live in south eastern Queensland, Australia, over plans to dam the Mary … [Read more...] about Dam the Yangtze, But Not the Mary?