REMEMBER the stories about how the Murray Darling Basin, the food bowl of Australia, was going to be lost to salt? Headline after media headline told of imminent ruin from rising water tables bring salt. The Riverina, a once rich farming area … [Read more...] about Aussie Farmers: Not Beaten by Salt, But Drought and Government Policies
Chinese Arrested with Ivory
An undercover investigation of the illegal wildlife trade in five African nations led to the seizure of about a ton of ivory along with hippo teeth and cheetah, leopard and python skins. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Chinese Arrested with Ivory
Japanese Whaling Fleet Departs for Antarctica
Greenpeace says it witnessed the main whaling ship the Nisshin Maru depart from a port near Hiroshima in Western Japan thought to be heading for the Southern Ocean. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Japanese Whaling Fleet Departs for Antarctica
Three New Sumatran Tigers
THERE are thought to be less than 500 Sumatran tigers left in the wild and these few remaining tigers are under threat, in particular from poaching for body parts. There is a successful captive breeding program at Perth Zoo in Western Australia, … [Read more...] about Three New Sumatran Tigers
Don’t Ditch Cattle Yet, Science Isn’t ‘Settled’
HOW many times have you heard it said, the science is settled, we will have catastrophic global warming unless we change our ways and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions? While the “science might be settled” it does not seem to be well … [Read more...] about Don’t Ditch Cattle Yet, Science Isn’t ‘Settled’
Heresy Versus Science
In science, refuting an accepted belief is celebrated as an advance in knowledge; in religion it is condemned as heresy. via Fred Singer. … [Read more...] about Heresy Versus Science
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
