OLD style windmills dot the Australian rural landscape. They were once critical for pump watering from bores, creeks and dams to tanks to water sheep and cattle. Wind turbines are a variation on the old theme. There are apparently 3,421 wind … [Read more...] about Wind farms are useless, says Duke of Edinburgh
Global Temperature Update to October 2011
Dear all. Please find below a link which will take you directly to a monthly newsletter (ca. 1.4 MB) with various meteorological information updated to October 2011: http://www.climate4you.com/Text/Climate4you_October_2011.pdf All temperatures … [Read more...] about Global Temperature Update to October 2011
How Aborigines Made Australia: Bill Gammage
A new book, The Biggest Estate on Earth, by historian Bill Gammage explodes the myth that pre-settlement Australia was an untamed wilderness revealing the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people. According to the … [Read more...] about How Aborigines Made Australia: Bill Gammage
University Entitlement Must Change
THE revelations that Paul Greenfield, vice chancellor at the University of Queensland, has been forced to retire early because of "irregularities" in admission of a close relative to medical school do not come as a shock to many of us who have worked … [Read more...] about University Entitlement Must Change
Australia to Become Involved in ‘Subprime’ Carbon Market?
EARLIER this week the Australian Senate passed the Clean Energy Bill and the associated 18 other Bills that set out the carbon pricing mechanism due to come into effect from July 1, 2012. The so-called big polluters will need to reduce or offset … [Read more...] about Australia to Become Involved in ‘Subprime’ Carbon Market?
Dredging a Harbor Won’t Destroy the Great Barrier Reef
Activist group GetUp! has just launched a campaign to save the Great Barrier Reef from the dredging of Gladstone Harbor. http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/coal-seam-gas/great-barrier-reef/dredging-the-reef/take_action “Millions of cubic … [Read more...] about Dredging a Harbor Won’t Destroy the Great Barrier Reef
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
