“Researchers in Australia say the growth of coral on the country's iconic Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has fallen since 1990 to its lowest rate in 400 years,” variations of this message have been repeated around the world from South Korea to London with … [Read more...] about Global Warming Unlikely Reason for Slow Coral Growth
Beware Thermometer Temperature Data
In the next week/s the institutions responsible for collecting and collating thermometer temperature data will complete their analysis for December 2008 thus enabling a comparison of the entire year with other years typically back to the … [Read more...] about Beware Thermometer Temperature Data
Reject ‘Steve Irwin’: Whalers Plea to Australian Government
The Japan Whaling Association (JWA) today called on the Australian and New Zealand governments to close their ports to a Dutch vessel committing criminal acts in the Antarctic. The President of the JWA, Mr Keiichi Nakajima, said the Dutch vessel … [Read more...] about Reject ‘Steve Irwin’: Whalers Plea to Australian Government
Measuring the Financial Crisis in Terms of Reduced Carbon Emissions
THERE is a lot less “stuff” being produced in the US and China as a consequence of the financial crisis. According to Joe Kishore writing at The World Socialist Website: “Manufacturing in the US is collapsing, with a key index falling to its … [Read more...] about Measuring the Financial Crisis in Terms of Reduced Carbon Emissions
People Powered Gym
A US gym has installed specially-adapted exercise bikes that recycle energy generated by people as they work out. Read more here. … [Read more...] about People Powered Gym
Environmentalism Needs to be Tolerant of Scepticism: Freeman Dyson
"THERE is a worldwide secular religion which we may call environmentalism, holding that we are stewards of the earth, that despoiling the planet with waste products of our luxurious living is a sin, and that the path of righteousness is to live as … [Read more...] about Environmentalism Needs to be Tolerant of Scepticism: Freeman Dyson
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
