TIDES are a consequence of the gravitational attraction of the earth to both the moon and the sun with the moon generally being more than twice as strong as the sun because it is so much closer to the earth. The moon rotates around the earth with the … [Read more...] about Bad Moon Rising
Believing the Oceans Will Keep Warming
ANTHROPOGENIC Global Warming (AGW) theory is currently the most fashionable climate theory and its proponents have risked much by predicting a continuation in what has been a 150-year general warming trend. There are already some indications this … [Read more...] about Believing the Oceans Will Keep Warming
Wise Words from Wine Man Philip White: Concerning Murray Mouth Barrages
PASSIONATE about the wine industry, Philip White grew up in the Bremer Valley of the Lower Murray. He now lives on the opposite side of the South Mount Lofty Ranges at McLaren Vale. He tastes wine and writes about wine, and the wine growing regions … [Read more...] about Wise Words from Wine Man Philip White: Concerning Murray Mouth Barrages
Unable and Unwilling to Consider the Evidence: Our ABC
SCIENCE was once about matching theory with reality. According to American physicist and historian Thomas Kuhn this perhaps more than anything else contributed to the phenomenal progress made by scientists over the last 400 years. But many people … [Read more...] about Unable and Unwilling to Consider the Evidence: Our ABC
Supernovae Affecting Global Climate and Ocean Biodiversity and Productivity
REMEMBER Henrick Svensmark and Eigil Friis-Christensen and cosmic ray theory [1]: the idea from these Danish physicists and climate scientists that global climate may be mediated by changes in the flux of galactic cosmic rays because cosmic ray are … [Read more...] about Supernovae Affecting Global Climate and Ocean Biodiversity and Productivity
Beach Mounds Not Middens
WALKING on the beach this afternoon I took some photographs of beach mounds. I’m referring to piles of shells and pebbles regularly positioned between, and parallel to, the high and low tide marks. Are these beach mounds a consequence of the ebb … [Read more...] about Beach Mounds Not Middens
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
