I lent my underwater camera (Olympus TG-6) to a dear friend who recently visited Lady Elliot Island at the Great Barrier Reef. She came over last Sunday to return the camera, and to show me some of her photographs. My favourite is of the Parrot … [Read more...] about Bleached from a Distance
Archives for September 2021
Willie Soon Explains About the Sun, and How to Better Report Science
Temperatures are always changing, and the pattern of change tends to follow cycles. But most science reporters don't understand this, because they have very little understanding of the solar system and are promoted within their organisations based on … [Read more...] about Willie Soon Explains About the Sun, and How to Better Report Science
Knowing All the Species of Coral at Pixie Reef
Everyone loves the Great Barrier Reef, particularly its corals. Everyone knows that a reef has different species of coral. But how many species should an average inshore reef have? How many corals are there at Pixie Reef, which is so close to the … [Read more...] about Knowing All the Species of Coral at Pixie Reef
The Madness of John Pandolfi and Michelle Gunn
Next time you read that such and such a percentage of the Great Barrier Reef has already been destroyed by humankind, laugh out loud! I say that not to offend, and not because I don’t care about the corals, but because it is better to laugh than to … [Read more...] about The Madness of John Pandolfi and Michelle Gunn
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
