LAST week the International Whaling Commission (IWC) met on the Portuguese island of Madeira and agreed that climate change is a threat to whales. A decision on the Danish proposal for Greenland to hunt 10 humpback whales a year was postponed. … [Read more...] about Costing a Whale
Archives for June 30, 2009
Sceptics Assess Government’s Climate Answers
Assessment of Minister Wong’s "Written Reply to Senator Fielding’s Three Questions on Climate Change" by Bob Carter, David Evans, Stewart Franks and William Kininmonth. Read all here. … [Read more...] about Sceptics Assess Government’s Climate Answers
More Mosquitos in Colombo
An outbreak of dengue fever in Sri Lanka has led to 151 deaths and is continuing to spread. To cover up its own responsibility for the erosion of public health care, the government has blamed ordinary people for the epidemic and imposed punitive … [Read more...] about More Mosquitos in Colombo
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.