The Australian government’s new $10 billion, 10 point plan entitled 'A National Plan for Water Security' states that there is a need to address “once and for all water over-allocation in the Murray-Darling Basin”. This is point 4 of the plan. So … [Read more...] about A National Plan for Water Security (Part 2): The Issue of Over-Allocation
Archives for January 2007
Coral Reefs May Benefit From Global Warming
ON Friday in Paris the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will launch a new report, Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis, with an up-to-date assessment of likely temperature rises because of global warming. Three related … [Read more...] about Coral Reefs May Benefit From Global Warming
More Fuel Reduction Burning, More Fires: A Note from Bob McDonald
Bushfires have burnt more than 1.2 million hectares (4,600 square miles) of Australia this summer. Some blame the ferocity of this year’s fires on global warming, others on inadequate control burning claiming that fuel loads in many forests are too … [Read more...] about More Fuel Reduction Burning, More Fires: A Note from Bob McDonald
Did Newmont Do It? (Continued …)
I met Richard Ness, the head of a gold mining company Newmont Minahasa Raya, through this blog. I posted a piece here in November 2005 asking the question: Did Newmont Do It? I was referring to Buyat Bay in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, and … [Read more...] about Did Newmont Do It? (Continued …)
A National Plan for Water Security (Part 1)
Last week the Australian Prime Minister John Howard launched ‘A Nation Plan for Water Security’. It is a 10 point plan with a $10 billion budget to run for 10 years and it has generally been well received perhaps because many Australians feel there … [Read more...] about A National Plan for Water Security (Part 1)
Sunday Reading
1. WWF Tips to Help Save Energy by Sun Xiaohua (China Daily), January 25, 2007. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) launched its two-year energy saving campaign, "20 Ways to 20 Percent" in China last weekend after the country flunked the first test to … [Read more...] about Sunday Reading
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
