"Mote and Georg Kaser, a glaciologist at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, write in American Scientist that the decline in Kilimanjaro's ice has been going on for more than a century and that most of it occurred before 1953, while evidence of … [Read more...] about Kilimanjaro Not Losing Ice to Climate Change
Archives for June 2007
Mudtrails from Fishing Trawlers in Gulf of Mexico
"The pervasiveness of the influence of bottom trawlers on the Gulf of Mexico is evident in these images from NASA’s Landsat satellite. Showing two different areas of a single scene captured on October 24, 1999, the images reveal dozens of mudtrails … [Read more...] about Mudtrails from Fishing Trawlers in Gulf of Mexico
Faith, Scepticism and Climate Change
"Faith is a belief held without evidence. The scientific method, a loose collection of procedures of great variety, is based on precisely the opposite concept, as famously declared by Thomas Henry Huxley: The improver of natural knowledge absolutely … [Read more...] about Faith, Scepticism and Climate Change
Let People Sell Tigers: Message from Sustainable Development Network
"The Sustainable Development Network (SDN), a coalition of people-oriented conservation groups, today called upon delegates to the CITES meeting in The Hague to reconsider the ban on sale of tiger parts, which it says is undermining effective … [Read more...] about Let People Sell Tigers: Message from Sustainable Development Network
Flooding And Big Surf
There was flooding and big surf along the New South Wales coast yesterday. I drove down to Forster last night and thought I would check out the surf this morning. I watched one guy brave the very large waves. He caught a couple and then came in … [Read more...] about Flooding And Big Surf
G8 Declaration on Fighting Climate Change
Climate change has dominated discussions at the three day summit of the Group of Eight (G8) leading industrial economies which began on Wednesday in Heiligendamm, Germany. Those section of the G8 Summit Declaration of the 7th June 2007 which relate … [Read more...] about G8 Declaration on Fighting Climate Change
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
