In response to a question concerning the likelihood of our oceans becoming acidic from global warming Ian Plimer, University of Adelaide, has replied: THE oceans have remained alkaline during the Phanerozoic (last 540 million years) except for a … [Read more...] about Not Enough CO2 in Fossil Fuels to Make Oceans Acidic: A Note from Professor Plimer
Obsessed with Saving the Environment?
Are you consumed with rage when someone has left an empty room and not switched off the light? Perhaps you suffer from carborexia: read more here. … [Read more...] about Obsessed with Saving the Environment?
Skeptics to Gather in New York Again
A highlight of my year so far is the climate change conference in New York in March. It was a gathering of more than 500 skeptics, including many scientists, to discuss global warming. I was enthralled by a presentation from Stan Goldenberg … [Read more...] about Skeptics to Gather in New York Again
Campaigning for National Parks is Against Australian’s Bush Ethos: Part 1, Buying Back Tooralee
THERE has been much written about Australia’s national character emerging from a bush ethos: the idea that a specifically Australian outlook emerged first amongst workers in the Australian outback. Banjo Paterson, perhaps more than any other writer, … [Read more...] about Campaigning for National Parks is Against Australian’s Bush Ethos: Part 1, Buying Back Tooralee
Government Spoils Resolution on Whaling
The Australian government is more virtuous and extreme on the issue of whaling than your average conservation group. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Government Spoils Resolution on Whaling
Peter Costello on the Kyoto Protocol and the Australian Greens
For nearly twelve years Australia was ruled by a Coalition government with John Howard as Prime Minister and Peter Costello the Treasurer. After their defeat in the election just last November, Mr Costello decided to write his memoirs. He said … [Read more...] about Peter Costello on the Kyoto Protocol and the Australian Greens
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
