REMEMBER the stories about how the Murray Darling Basin, the food bowl of Australia, was going to be lost to salt? Headline after media headline told of imminent ruin from rising water tables bring salt. The Riverina, a once rich farming area … [Read more...] about Aussie Farmers: Not Beaten by Salt, But Drought and Government Policies
Archives for November 18, 2008
Chinese Arrested with Ivory
An undercover investigation of the illegal wildlife trade in five African nations led to the seizure of about a ton of ivory along with hippo teeth and cheetah, leopard and python skins. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Chinese Arrested with Ivory
Japanese Whaling Fleet Departs for Antarctica
Greenpeace says it witnessed the main whaling ship the Nisshin Maru depart from a port near Hiroshima in Western Japan thought to be heading for the Southern Ocean. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Japanese Whaling Fleet Departs for Antarctica
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.