I can't image anyone complaining about having carbon dioxide stored under their house, but in an article entitled 'Carbon storage won't be optional' Matthew Warren, writing for The Australian, begins with the emotive statement that: "Australian may … [Read more...] about Government Will Legislate to Store Greenhouse Gases?
New Report Outlines Potential Challenges To Australia’s Claim to Antarctica
In a new report by The Australian Strategic Policy Institute it is claimed that the validity of Australia's territorial claim over 42 percent of Antarctica will face more challenges. "There is going to be a lot more pressure on Antarctica - climate … [Read more...] about New Report Outlines Potential Challenges To Australia’s Claim to Antarctica
Latest IPCC Climate Change Report
It was all over ABC news yesterday that Australia’s magnificent Great Barrier Reef is in "real danger of disappearing in 20 years" The journalist, Elizabeth Jackson, was extrapolating from a new United Nation’s 23-page summary of a report on … [Read more...] about Latest IPCC Climate Change Report
Pacific Island Rises Up Out of the Ocean
There has been widespread concern that rising sea levels from global warming will swamp Pacific Islands. (Remember the blog post by Ian Mott lambasting the ABC for confusing sinking islands with rising sealevels?) Then along comes a seismic jolt … [Read more...] about Pacific Island Rises Up Out of the Ocean
Happy Easter
Life Savers @ Burleigh Heads on Queensland's Gold Coast It's Easter. Over the next few days, I'll be going to church and the beach and eating some chocolate. I also hope to find some time for a blog post or two. Happy Easter. … [Read more...] about Happy Easter
Warm Weather, Lower Quota for Seal Hunt
Seal pups have been drowning because of thin and melting ice due to warmer than usual weather. So, the Canadian government has reduced the hunting quota by about 20 percent according to Doug Struck writing for the Washington Post: "Canadian … [Read more...] about Warm Weather, Lower Quota for Seal Hunt
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
