It is absurd to suggest that genetically modified plants could influence the global climate, but the ABC, the public broadcaster in Australia, has suggested as much: read more here. … [Read more...] about GM Crops Implicated in Global Warming
Not Enough CO2 in Fossil Fuels to Make Oceans Acidic: A Note from Professor Plimer
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