Driving to Cape Tribulation two nights ago, I was hit with the unmistakable stench of what the Guugu Yimithirr indigenous people (just up the coast) call yumu; a scummy residue of coral spawning in the shallows of the coral sea. On this same night, … [Read more...] about Northern Leaf-tailed Geckos
2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner No. 2498 – John Christy
There are some of us who remain so humbled by the task of measuring and understanding the extraordinarily complex climate system that we are skeptical of our ability to know what it is doing and why. As we build climate data sets from scratch and … [Read more...] about 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner No. 2498 – John Christy
Rudd in the Dark as the Lights go Out – An Omen for the Future?
It was hilarious seeing Kevin Rudd give a press conference on renewable energy at a Townsville school on Tuesday, when the wind and solar batteries failed and plunged the room into darkness. The media questioning continued, but under the thin light … [Read more...] about Rudd in the Dark as the Lights go Out – An Omen for the Future?
Variability in Temperature and Clouds can be Mis-Diagnosed as Positive Feedback – Roy Spencer
October, 2007 RESEARCH UPDATE: We have submitted a research paper to the Journal of Climate in which we used a simple climate model to demonstrate how natural climate variability in temperature and clouds can be mis-diagnosed as positive feedback … [Read more...] about Variability in Temperature and Clouds can be Mis-Diagnosed as Positive Feedback – Roy Spencer
The Greenland-Antarctica Melting Problem Does Not Exist – Cliff Ollier
My attention was drawn to a Working Paper by Alan Carlin (1) which was basically about how emissions reductions may be a dangerous strategy to avoid climate change. Much of his perceived threat is based on papers by Hansen (2007) and others who … [Read more...] about The Greenland-Antarctica Melting Problem Does Not Exist – Cliff Ollier
Giant White-lipped Tree Frog
In the centre of the Daintree rainforest, Giant White-lipped Tree Frogs Litoria infrafrenata ordinarily call for mates at the beginning of September, but much cooler temperatures persisting until very recently, have delayed the unmistakable clatter … [Read more...] about Giant White-lipped Tree Frog
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
