I was privileged to have the opportunity to study science at university, and I have always been particularly interested in taxonomy that is naming, defining and classifying groups of organisms based on shared characteristics. This is fundamental to … [Read more...] about What about all the Alveopora? (Part 1)
Archives for October 2024
Learning from Sharks
Scuba divers have a fascination with sharks, we will go looking for them. We know to always face them. Never turn your back on a large shark. That is something worth remembering more generally, in your life on land. Of course, there is no point … [Read more...] about Learning from Sharks
So Many Dead War Correspondences: Chris Hedge
There are some 4,000 foreign reporters accredited in Israel to cover the war. They stay in luxury hotels. They go on dog and pony shows orchestrated by the Israeli military. They can, on rare occasions, be escorted by Israeli soldiers on lightning … [Read more...] about So Many Dead War Correspondences: Chris Hedge
The Future of Climate Forecasting (Part 1)
My husband, John Abbot, has kept going with research into AI and climate forecasting. One of his most important recent papers can be downloaded from Earth Sciences. Some of the latest Nobel prizes in science, including in chemistry, have been for … [Read more...] about The Future of Climate Forecasting (Part 1)
Average Temperatures and Heat Movement (Part 2)
I should think that when enough time has passed, the current leaders of the free world – but especially the scientists who advise them – will be remembered in the history books as rather deceitful. That after a few hundred years of a period of … [Read more...] about Average Temperatures and Heat Movement (Part 2)
Average Temperatures and Heat Movement (Part 1)
They say the victor writes the history of a period, and that may be so. But when enough time has passed it must be the case that the present will be seen as truly bizarre when it comes to the demise of the natural sciences and our understanding of … [Read more...] about Average Temperatures and Heat Movement (Part 1)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
