Forget about the threat that mankind poses to the Earth: our activities may be shortening the life of the universe too. The startling claim is made by a pair of American cosmologists investigating the consequences for the cosmos of quantum theory, … [Read more...] about Forget the Earth, Now We are Killing the Universe
Lomborg: Paint Cities White
"Amid all the talk of cutting carbon emissions, we never hear about the simple solutions that can make a vast difference to temperatures." The Guardian: 'Paint it white' … [Read more...] about Lomborg: Paint Cities White
Lesser Sooty Owl
The piercing, descending shriek of the Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata sounds much like a falling bomb, without the explosion at the end. It has enormous eyes and exceptional hearing, allowing it to hunt in almost total darkness. It is a … [Read more...] about Lesser Sooty Owl
Some Time by the Murray River
I have enjoyed spending the last couple of weeks living on a bank of the Murray River just upstream of Barham. The bird life is especially amazing with wood ducks in the river, white ibis, sulphur-crested cockatoos and galahs on the lawn, superb … [Read more...] about Some Time by the Murray River
2000 Years of Global Temperatures
Roy Spencer has taken Craig Loehle's 2000 year temperature reconstruction to 1995 and added the HadCRUT3 to 2007. Obviously, the proxy temperature reconstructions during the Medieval Warm Period would have larger error bars than the current … [Read more...] about 2000 Years of Global Temperatures
Does the King Have No Clothes or ‘The Wrong Trousers?’
Just in case no-one noticed, the IPCC finally dropped the façade of being a scientific rather than a political body following the publication of the Synthesis Report. The IPCC now stands naked behind the Kyoto Protocol as the policy needed to avoid a … [Read more...] about Does the King Have No Clothes or ‘The Wrong Trousers?’
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
