The Bureau of Meteorology released its 2022 State of the Environment Report last week, and the headline in newspapers and on radio is that the weather is becoming more extreme. This is also consistent with the message out of COP27 in Egypt where all … [Read more...] about A Note on Obfuscation, the 2022 Climate Report, and my Latest Film
Books, I’m Reading (November 2022)
I read most evening; usually from thick books – both fiction and nonfiction. It often depends what Palmira at Annie’s Bookshop (Peregian QLD) recommends. (If you are on the Sunshine Coast that bookshop is so worth visiting and Palmira is always … [Read more...] about Books, I’m Reading (November 2022)
Coral Reefs & Coal Mines – Even Gas Market Interventions
If you live in Perth, and if you would like to quiz me about climate change and the Great Barrier Reef, I will at the Windsor Cinema, Nedlands, on 1st December. This will be for a double screening of two of my Great Barrier Reef films – Finding … [Read more...] about Coral Reefs & Coal Mines – Even Gas Market Interventions
Incitement Charges Dropped Against Zoe Buhler from Ballarat
Melbourne was once a vibrant city full of culture and freedoms. Then suddenly it became a dystopian nightmare. There was an 8pm curfew. Visiting friends or family during the one hour each day citizens were allowed to leave their home was … [Read more...] about Incitement Charges Dropped Against Zoe Buhler from Ballarat
BOM Buries Record Daily Rainfall During Lismore Floods
The NSW Premier handed down the 2022 Flood Inquiry report last week and at the same time many of the 1,498 written submissions were made public. The submissions make for harrowing reading, especially the first-hand accounts from the Lismore … [Read more...] about BOM Buries Record Daily Rainfall During Lismore Floods
The Fact Check Ruse – Part 5: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
We all extrapolate from the specific to the general; it is how we learn to function in the world. It is also how we can get things very wrong. A black swan, for example, is often used to describe an event that comes as a surprise. England was … [Read more...] about The Fact Check Ruse – Part 5: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
