The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has just released a report entitled ‘World’s Top 10 River’s at Risk’. Australia’s Murray-Darling is included in the top 10. But it's two rivers, so maybe the title should be 'World's Top 11 River's at Risk'? The … [Read more...] about WWF Report on World’s Worst Rivers: Wrong Way Round on the Murray-Darling
Sea Level Falls, Temperature Plummets Off Sydney
Earlier this year I spent a week at the beach, more specifically at Bluey’s Beach, on the NSW mid-north coast. My daughter and partner are both keen surfers. So, always in search of that best wave break, we also visited Boomerang, Elizabeth, Seal … [Read more...] about Sea Level Falls, Temperature Plummets Off Sydney
The Debating Has Really Only Just Begun Over Global Warming
While various commentators have suggested that the debate is over, that anthropogenic global warming is a reality and the deniers should be silenced, if not jailed, last week there was a high profile debate on the motion "Global Warming is not a … [Read more...] about The Debating Has Really Only Just Begun Over Global Warming
Warm Start to This Year
The global December 2006 to February 2007 land surface temperature was the warmest on record according to NOAA. But Melbourne's The Age newspaper was wrong to suggest this means the planet is "hotter than ever"! There is some dispute as to whether … [Read more...] about Warm Start to This Year
More on Australia’s Water Crisis and Climate Change, This Sunday on ‘Sunday’
I really wanted to walk out of the channel 9 television studio in Sydney last Thursday. I was there because the 'Sunday' program had flown me all the way from Brisbane to be a part of a ‘water forum’ to discuss ‘the water crisis’. Also there, on … [Read more...] about More on Australia’s Water Crisis and Climate Change, This Sunday on ‘Sunday’
New Website, New Blog, New Photographs: A Note from Neil Hewett
Hi Jen, After a torrid month or so of blundering around a web-design application and with the help of the team at Wild Lime Media, we have finally published (and hopefully de-bugged) our new website; complete with a ‘Rainforest Revelations’ … [Read more...] about New Website, New Blog, New Photographs: A Note from Neil Hewett