Aborigines managed much of the Australian landscape with fire. This management strategy favoured fire tolerant and fire resistant species – perhaps why gum trees dominate so much of the Australian landscape. But river red gums, Eucalyptus … [Read more...] about After the ‘Top Island’ Fire in the Barmah Red Gum Forest
Archives for November 2007
Glacier Dynamics and Why Greenland Not in Danger of Collapse
Dear Jennifer, Professor Ollier takes on James Hansen's claim that the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are in danger of collapse due to global warming. Hansen's claims are the basis for Al Gore's suggestion, in An Inconventient Truth, that the … [Read more...] about Glacier Dynamics and Why Greenland Not in Danger of Collapse
Bias and Concealment in the IPCC Process
The climatic “hockey stick” hypothesis has systemic problems. I review how the IPCC came to adopt the “hockey stick” as scientific evidence of human interference with the climate. I report also on independent peer reviewed studies of the “hockey … [Read more...] about Bias and Concealment in the IPCC Process
Weather Channel Founder Calls Global Warming ‘A Scam’
Environmental extremist, notable politicians among them then teamed up with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalist journalists to create this wild "scientific" scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global … [Read more...] about Weather Channel Founder Calls Global Warming ‘A Scam’
Thinning Red Gum Forests at Koondrook
I've been staying with friends who live on the Murray River in western New South Wales and I've seen a lot of river red gums - beautiful old habitat trees, thickets of young saplings, healthy forests, water-stressed forests, bushfire- damaged … [Read more...] about Thinning Red Gum Forests at Koondrook
Ferals go Crazy on Australian Sub-Antarctic Island: Who Cares? A Note from Luke Walker
Rabbits and rats are posing a severe threat to World Heritage values on Macquarie Island, as research reveals widespread damage to terrestrial ecosystems. This includes destruction of vegetation (habitat for threatened albatross species and other … [Read more...] about Ferals go Crazy on Australian Sub-Antarctic Island: Who Cares? A Note from Luke Walker
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
