Mimicking the Bumps on Humpback-whale Fins Could Lead to More Efficient Wind Turbines. Biomimetics is the abstraction of good design from nature. Continue reading the ABC (US) news story: Whale-Inspired Windmills Thanks to Ann Novek of Sweden for … [Read more...] about Biomimetics
Archives for May 2008
Challenging Global Warming Orthodoxies: Don Aitkin
In last week's broadcast I put forward the view that despite the alarm about greenhouse gas emissions, Kyoto targets and the rest, there is evidence that suggests that if the earth is warming, it is doing so slowly after a long, cool period and that … [Read more...] about Challenging Global Warming Orthodoxies: Don Aitkin
Hercules Moth
In matters of antennae, I imagine that surface area correlates with sensitivity. The male Hercules Moth Coscinocera Hercules must find his mate within a very short timeframe. Adult females emerge from the chrysalis without mouth-parts, her 4-5 day … [Read more...] about Hercules Moth
Climate Change and the Commercial Fishery: A Note from Walter Starck
I have never seen a more succinct and telling argument to refute carbon dioxide governed climate change than the following graph from a study by L.B. Klyashtorin pubished as a technical paper by the United Nation's Food and Agricultural … [Read more...] about Climate Change and the Commercial Fishery: A Note from Walter Starck
Climate Realist Elected Mayor of London
The UK Conservative Party's Boris Johnson, climate realist and member of Benny Peiser's scholarly electronic network CCNet, has been elected Mayor of London, defeating 'Red Ken' Livingstone. There are a hundred reasons why Boris Johnson should not … [Read more...] about Climate Realist Elected Mayor of London
Follow The Money
TEN years ago, scientists specialising in climate change counted themselves lucky to find a job. Now employers are beating paths to their doors. From the federal Government down, Australia's corporations and institutions, public and private, are … [Read more...] about Follow The Money
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
