DESPITE intense opposition from farmer groups and scientists, the European Parliament voted last week to approve new regulations that could ultimately outlaw up to one-quarter of the pesticides on the European market. Read more here. [Subscription … [Read more...] about Pesticide Ban to ‘Wipe Out’ Carrot Crop
Iron Sulphate to be Dumped in Southern Ocean
GERMANY gave the green light on Monday to a controversial plan with India to drop six tons of iron dust into the Antarctic Ocean. The experiment is the biggest trial ever of iron fertilization, a technology which could stop global warming at very … [Read more...] about Iron Sulphate to be Dumped in Southern Ocean
Former NASA Boss Declares Himself a Sceptic and Slams Climate Models
IT used to be common for global warming activists to claim that anyone who disagrees with them must be in the pay of “big oil” – remember Al Gore said this in his documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. More recently the accusation has been that … [Read more...] about Former NASA Boss Declares Himself a Sceptic and Slams Climate Models
Editor Removes Comment by Climate Sceptic (Part 2)
AUSTRALIA's national broadcaster, the ABC, has a science unit dominated by a fellow called Robyn Williams. Mr Williams is an advocate for the campaign against global warming and has even suggested on air that sea levels could rise by 100 metres in … [Read more...] about Editor Removes Comment by Climate Sceptic (Part 2)
The Climate Change Safari Park: A Note from Bjorn Lomborg
BARACK Obama in his inaugural speech promised to “roll back the spectre of a warming planet.” In this context, it is worth contemplating a passage from his book 'Dreams from My Father'. It reveals a lot about the way we view the world’s … [Read more...] about The Climate Change Safari Park: A Note from Bjorn Lomborg
Leprechauns Cause Global Warming?
IT is always dangerous to use a proxy measure to make assumptions about a relationship. At popular blog The Blackboard, Zeke has used the Irish population as a proxy for the population of Leprechauns ...given that Leprechauns are invisible thus … [Read more...] about Leprechauns Cause Global Warming?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
