According to a report in today’s Cairns Post, the Federal Court of Australia has made a consent determination, handing over a major management role of 126,000 hectares in the Daintree, to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji native title holders. The … [Read more...] about Native Title Deal
Reading the Play – by Roger Underwood
The ability to “read the play” is a quality often ascribed to successful politicians, businessmen and sportsmen. The term refers to the ability to predict events and then to take an advantageous position in expectation of the prediction coming to … [Read more...] about Reading the Play – by Roger Underwood
Interview with Roger Pielke Sr
In terms of climate change and variability on the regional and local scale, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) report on surface and tropospheric temperature trends, and the U.S. … [Read more...] about Interview with Roger Pielke Sr
La Nina the Drought-Breaker
No change in atmospheric CO2, but: THE drought-breaking La Nina weather pattern has finally kicked in, bringing flooding rains along the eastern coast and filling the tributaries that feed into the dying Murray-Darling river system. Forecasters are … [Read more...] about La Nina the Drought-Breaker
IPCC Accused of Falsifying Sea Level Data
Dr. Nils-Axel Mörner is the head of the Paleogeophysics and Geodynamics department at Stockholm University in Sweden. He is past president (1999-2003) of the INQUA Commission on Sea Level Changes and Coastal Evolution, and leader of the Maldives Sea … [Read more...] about IPCC Accused of Falsifying Sea Level Data
Oz Bali U-Turn, and Next Stop Hawaii?
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd last night did an about-face on deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, days after Australia's delegation backed the plan at the climate talks in Bali. A government representative at the talks this week said Australia backed … [Read more...] about Oz Bali U-Turn, and Next Stop Hawaii?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
