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
Rising Sea Levels or Just Sinking Islands: A Note from Ian Mott
Hello Jen, Our national broadcaster, the ABC, has struck again with a new low in responsible journalism. In 'PNG - That Sinking Feeling', broadcast last night as part of the 'Foreign Correspondent' program, reporter Steve Marshall has trashed … [Read more...] about Rising Sea Levels or Just Sinking Islands: A Note from Ian Mott
Eco-Freaks: A New Book by John Berlau (Part 1, DDT)
I occasionally get emails from the other side of the world with a query about something environmental that is uniquely Australian. It was not so many years ago that John Berlau emailed me about the Murray River and also bushfires. He was writing a … [Read more...] about Eco-Freaks: A New Book by John Berlau (Part 1, DDT)
Mars and Pluto Also Warming, But What About Venus?
"Earth is heating up lately, but so are Mars, Pluto and other worlds in our solar system, leading some scientists to speculate that a change in the sun’s activity is the common thread linking all these baking events," writes Ker Than in … [Read more...] about Mars and Pluto Also Warming, But What About Venus?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
