Spare a thought for this scrub turkey unable to open that nut. I watched the bird struggle with it for quite a while at Alexandra Bay, Noosa National Park, on November 24, 2008. If only I’d had a parang, I would have opened the nut for the … [Read more...] about Some Nuts Can be hard to Crack
The IPA Review & Articles by Jennifer Marohasy
I have been a senior fellow with the Melbourne-based Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) for more than five years now. I have written a lot for the magazine, which used to be published by the IPA quarterly, but now comes out every two months. A … [Read more...] about The IPA Review & Articles by Jennifer Marohasy
Andrew Bolt on Robyn Williams on Nuance
ABC [Australia's] Science Show host Robyn Williams says those who contradict him when he makes absurdly alarmist - and false - claims about global warming just don’t understand “nuance”. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Andrew Bolt on Robyn Williams on Nuance
Cattle Still in the Barmah Forest
ON Monday, the first day of summer here in Australia, residents of the little town of Barmah in northwestern Victoria, drove cattle into their forest in defiance of a government ban. The Department of Sustainability and Environment has threatened … [Read more...] about Cattle Still in the Barmah Forest
Clarifying the Role of the Sun and Global Temperatures
YESTERDAY atmospheric scientist, Professor Marvin Geller, explained to Leigh Dayton, science writer at The Australian newspaper, that the sun could not be driving “recent global warming as climate change sceptics claim” because solar radiation has … [Read more...] about Clarifying the Role of the Sun and Global Temperatures
China Prepares for More Cold
A cold weather emergency response plan to tackle disasters after record cold and snow brought down power lines and paralyzed much of the usually mild south earlier this year... was activated in China on Wednesday. Read more here. … [Read more...] about China Prepares for More Cold
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
