Water has always been a volatile topic in Australia, the world's driest inhabited continent, but the political row that broke out last week was perhaps surprising. Protesters are complaining that a planned desalination facility outside Melbourne, … [Read more...] about Climate Change, Growing Populations and Political Concerns are Prompting a Fresh Look at Desalination
Development & the Environment – Cairns Regional Council Elections
Politics and environment, within the recent Cairns Regional Council ‘amalgamation’ election, reveal some interesting dynamics. In the former North Queensland Shire of Douglas, amalgamation was overwhelmingly unpopular. Sentiment variously denounced … [Read more...] about Development & the Environment – Cairns Regional Council Elections
Global Warming’s Missing Heat
Some 3,000 scientific robots that are plying the ocean have sent home a puzzling message. These diving instruments suggest that the oceans have not warmed up at all over the past four or five years. That could mean global warming has taken a … [Read more...] about Global Warming’s Missing Heat
The Great Global Warming Hoax?
James A. Peden - better known as Jim or "Dad" - Webmaster of Middlebury Networks and Editor of the Middlebury Community Network, spent some of his earlier years as an Atmospheric Physicist at the Space Research and Coordination Center in Pittsburgh … [Read more...] about The Great Global Warming Hoax?
Arctic Warming: Radical Changes in Climatic Conditions Observed
The Arctic seems to be warming up. Reports from fishermen, seal hunters, and explorers who sail the seas about Spitzbergen and the eastern Arctic, all point to a radical change in climatic conditions, and hitherto unheard of high temperatures in that … [Read more...] about Arctic Warming: Radical Changes in Climatic Conditions Observed
How Many Times Can the Words ‘Sustainable’ or ‘Sustainability’ be Used in a PR?
I counted the words 'sustainable' or 'sustainability' 20 times in a press release from the UK Government. But first, more QUANGOs (Quasi - Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation) are to be set up. A "green tsar" paid up to £140,000 a year is to … [Read more...] about How Many Times Can the Words ‘Sustainable’ or ‘Sustainability’ be Used in a PR?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
