A top Democrat told high school students gathered at the U.S. Capitol Thursday that climate change caused Hurricane Katrina and the conflict in Darfur, which led to the “black hawk down” battle between U.S. troops and Somali rebels. Rep. Edward … [Read more...] about Some More Things ‘Caused’ by ‘Global Warming’
Archives for July 2008
Close Encounter of the Cassowary Kind
Breakfast at Cooper Creek Wilderness took a dramatic turn this morning with the unexpected arrival of a distressed cassowary chick. Not more than a month old, its separation from its family unit was cause for great concern. It ran about whistling … [Read more...] about Close Encounter of the Cassowary Kind
Has Lord Peter Lost His Tools: A Note from Davey
England has produced a number of outstanding detective story writers. Agatha Christie comes to mind with her character Hercule Poirot. Another is Dorothy L. Sayers, with her diffident, yet steely-minded toff, Lord Peter Wimsey. There were also other … [Read more...] about Has Lord Peter Lost His Tools: A Note from Davey
Say No to Emissions Trading: Art Raiche
It is foolish beyond measure to enter into an Emissions Trading System (ETS) based on the hysterical predictions of CSIRO’s computer modelling. To quote Prof Freeman Dyson of the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, one of the world’s most … [Read more...] about Say No to Emissions Trading: Art Raiche
Rainforest Cancer Cure One Step Closer
Dr Paul Reddell, co-founder Dr Victoria Gordon and the EcoBiotics team, have discovered a rainforest plant that produces a possible cancer-fighting molecule. Clinical trials of a previously untreatable type of cancer in horses have produced dramatic … [Read more...] about Rainforest Cancer Cure One Step Closer
Climate Sensitivity Reconsidered
Physics and Society, in its July 2008 quarterly edition, has published a paper by Christopher Monckton entitled Climate Sensitivity Reconsidered, which exposes the IPCC's strange method of calculating the effect of CO2 on temperature and suggests … [Read more...] about Climate Sensitivity Reconsidered
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
