It has been an exciting start to the year where I live, because the highest astronomical tide was forecast for 3rd January and there was a cyclone tracking towards us. On the highest tide each year, I wonder if the waves will reach to the wave cut … [Read more...] about Not Washed Away, On the Highest Tide
At Last, A Cyclone
The Bureau has called the low-pressure system off the northeast of Australia as a category two cyclone. Local weather reports are warning: “Large and powerful surf conditions in the afternoon and evening are expected to be hazardous for coastal … [Read more...] about At Last, A Cyclone
Come Celebrate High Tide on the Rocks – Weather Permitting
I have been waiting for catastrophic sea level rise to wash me from the rock platform a few headlands around from where I live at Sunshine Beach in Noosa Shire about halfway along the east coast of Australia that is on the edge of the western South … [Read more...] about Come Celebrate High Tide on the Rocks – Weather Permitting
The Maverick Healer: Jesus
It's Christmas Day. An annual event commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. He was a healer, and in the most empowering of ways. Sometime just through simple touch. He was also an outcast, decried by the elites of his time, he was sentenced to … [Read more...] about The Maverick Healer: Jesus
2021, New Year Wishes and Unreliable Weather
If I were the head of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, I would make more skilful weather and climate forecasting my priority. I would put a system in place for measuring improvement, and I would make sure the team of meteorologists believed it … [Read more...] about 2021, New Year Wishes and Unreliable Weather
Christian Kerr – Hilarious, Insightful and Now Gone
He liked people, but he took no one too seriously. He thought most of the reporting on catastrophic climate change absurd. For a time, he would text me asking if he could republish my latest blog post. That was when he was the online editor for … [Read more...] about Christian Kerr – Hilarious, Insightful and Now Gone
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
