Bush fires are threatening suburbs in Southern California. ...several homes in Los Angeles and Ventura counties were evacuated. Seven-hundred fire-fighters battled the blazes, the largest covered 2,800 hectares. The fires were whipped by high winds … [Read more...] about Southern California Burning, Again
Archives for October 2007
Monsanto Files Suit Against GM Activists
The French unit of US Biotech giant Monsanto has filed a lawsuit following the latest destruction of some of its test fields for genetically-modified maize. In a statement issued on Friday, Monsanto said that unidentified activists had ransacked … [Read more...] about Monsanto Files Suit Against GM Activists
Data Sharing in Climate Research
Press Release GAO Says Agencies Could Improve Data Sharing in Climate Research October 22, 2007 WASHINGTON – The Government Accountability Office reports that federally funded climate researchers aren’t always required to follow the government’s … [Read more...] about Data Sharing in Climate Research
A Sunspot Correlation?
An unusual paper has appeared in the journal Technological Forecasting & Social Change: Sunspots, GDP and the stock market Theodore Modis Abstract A correlation has been observed between the US GDP and the number of sunspots as well as between … [Read more...] about A Sunspot Correlation?
That Sink-ing Feeling
This week's climate doom and gloom story comes from the unsurprising source of the University of East Anglia, reported in an unsurprising place - the BBC website: Oceans are 'soaking up less CO2' The amount of carbon dioxide being absorbed by the … [Read more...] about That Sink-ing Feeling
Lyssa macleayi
If this spectacular moth had a common name it would almost certainly be the Night Citrus Swallowtail. Previously known as Nyctalemon patroclus, it has since been re-affirmed as the formerly identified Lyssa macleayi. The compound eyes of many … [Read more...] about Lyssa macleayi
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
