THE spur-winged plover, Vanellus miles, has a distribution that extends from New Guinea along the east coast of Australia to New Zealand. The wader self introduced to New Zealand in the 1930s, and has expanded its range in Australia as well as … [Read more...] about Temperature Gradients and Spur-winged Plovers
Archives for September 2009
Dishonest Egg Labelling
An analysis of egg industry data has confirmed there are not enough free-range layer hens in Australia to produce the number of eggs labelled free-range. Read more here. The picture shows Jennifer nursing a free range chicken. … [Read more...] about Dishonest Egg Labelling
Not Evil Just Wrong
HOLLYWOOD loves a movie full of dire predictions about the end of the Earth. Of course global warming has been all the rage with Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth winning an Oscar. Although I did prefer The Day After Tomorrow in which a … [Read more...] about Not Evil Just Wrong
IPCC Climate Modeller: World Might Cool
Mojib Latif predicts that in the next few years a natural cooling trend will dominate because of cyclical changes to ocean currents and temperatures in the North Atlantic, a feature known as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). He told 1,500 climate … [Read more...] about IPCC Climate Modeller: World Might Cool
Wind Turbines Explode Bat Lungs
Marine Cloud Whitening: Best Solution to AGW?
WASHINGTON, DC – After deliberations into the best responses to global warming, an Expert Panel of five top economists including three Nobel Laureates concluded that greater resources should be spent on research into climate engineering and green … [Read more...] about Marine Cloud Whitening: Best Solution to AGW?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
