Australia faces an unprecedented challenge from climate change. We risk losing our natural heritage, our rivers, landscapes and biodiversity. We have a brief opportunity to act now to safeguard and shape our future prosperity. - AUSTRALIA 2020 … [Read more...] about Population, sustainability, climate change, water & the future of our cities
Ozone Hole Recovery Could Modify Southern Hemisphere Climate
A full recovery of the stratospheric ozone hole could modify climate change in the Southern Hemisphere and even amplify Antarctic warming, according to scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric … [Read more...] about Ozone Hole Recovery Could Modify Southern Hemisphere Climate
Humans Nearly Wiped Out 70,000 Years Ago?
Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests. The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis … [Read more...] about Humans Nearly Wiped Out 70,000 Years Ago?
Norwegian Fishermen’s Union: NGOs a Threat to the World’s Food Resources – A Note From Ann Novek
“This due to their campaigns against whaling and sealing. Their campaigns are against a reasonable and sustainable harvesting of marine resources," states the Head of the Norwegian Fishermen’s Union, Reidar Nilsen, yesterday in paper, Fiskeribladet … [Read more...] about Norwegian Fishermen’s Union: NGOs a Threat to the World’s Food Resources – A Note From Ann Novek
Signals for a Coming Ice Age: A Note from Peter Harris
When paleoclimatologists met in 1972 to discuss how and when the present warm climate would end, termination seemed imminent and it was expected that rapid cooling would lead to the coming ice age. These ideas were based on the 1M year analogue for … [Read more...] about Signals for a Coming Ice Age: A Note from Peter Harris
Carbon dioxide and Methane Levels rise in 2007
THE amount of two key greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere rose sharply in 2007, and carbon dioxide levels this year are literally off the chart, the US government reported today. In its annual index of greenhouse gas emissions, the US National … [Read more...] about Carbon dioxide and Methane Levels rise in 2007
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
