OUR society places a premium on restoring degraded and polluted places to their natural state. It is clear from the scientific literature that the Lower Lakes have a marine origin and that they could be healthy if filled with water from the Southern … [Read more...] about The Disputed Natural History of the Lower Lakes
Excuses, But No Good Reason for Murray River Barrages
I have received a barrage of excuses as to why the Lower Lakes at the bottom of the Murray River should remain fresh rather than removing the barrages and letting the area fill with seawater, as suggested in ‘Basin barrage of bad ideas” (The Land, … [Read more...] about Excuses, But No Good Reason for Murray River Barrages
Marohasy on the Murray on BTalk
PHIL Dobbie from BTalk on BNET.com spoke to me recently about the Murray, the new plan and whether the system really needs saving - or not. … [Read more...] about Marohasy on the Murray on BTalk
Idle thoughts of a wet afternoon
Mann Promotes Rio Tinto
Most people know that the stock market is a volatile place and that the price of Rio Tinto shares has fluctuated significantly both up and down over the last thirty years. But this is how at least one modern climate scientist might go about … [Read more...] about Mann Promotes Rio Tinto
Confirmation Bias at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (Part 2)
THE Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) admits it was wrong about urban heating effects as a professional statistical analysis by Andrew Barnham exposes a BOM claim that “since 1960 the mean temperature in Australia has increased by about 0.7 °C”; … [Read more...] about Confirmation Bias at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (Part 2)

Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
