The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just released a 21 page report summary for policy makers of a report entitled 'Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis' which will be released later in the year. The report … [Read more...] about Weekend Reading: Climate Change 2007 – The Physical Science Basis
What A Wahli!
Indonesian blogger, Ong Hock Chuan, has taken up the case for Richard Ness, an American mining executive falsely accused by environmental NGO's of deliberately polluting Buyat Bay in northern Sulawesi. In a recent post Ong invited Wahli, the … [Read more...] about What A Wahli!
A National Plan for Water Security (Part 2): The Issue of Over-Allocation
The Australian government’s new $10 billion, 10 point plan entitled 'A National Plan for Water Security' states that there is a need to address “once and for all water over-allocation in the Murray-Darling Basin”. This is point 4 of the plan. So … [Read more...] about A National Plan for Water Security (Part 2): The Issue of Over-Allocation
Coral Reefs May Benefit From Global Warming
ON Friday in Paris the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will launch a new report, Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis, with an up-to-date assessment of likely temperature rises because of global warming. Three related … [Read more...] about Coral Reefs May Benefit From Global Warming
More Fuel Reduction Burning, More Fires: A Note from Bob McDonald
Bushfires have burnt more than 1.2 million hectares (4,600 square miles) of Australia this summer. Some blame the ferocity of this year’s fires on global warming, others on inadequate control burning claiming that fuel loads in many forests are too … [Read more...] about More Fuel Reduction Burning, More Fires: A Note from Bob McDonald
Did Newmont Do It? (Continued …)
I met Richard Ness, the head of a gold mining company Newmont Minahasa Raya, through this blog. I posted a piece here in November 2005 asking the question: Did Newmont Do It? I was referring to Buyat Bay in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, and … [Read more...] about Did Newmont Do It? (Continued …)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
