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 31, 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
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
