Yesterday the Federal Court in Hobart ruled that logging operations in the Wielangta forest in south-east Tasmania breach an agreement between the Australian and Tasmanian governments and that the logging company does not have an exemption under … [Read more...] about Win for Bob Brown, Loss for Forests
No Anthropogenic Signal in Tropical Cyclone Record: An Inconvenient Truth (Part 5)
As 2006 draws to a close it is interesting to ponder the big issues and events from the past year. Along with the drought, bushfires, extinction of the baiji, 2006 will perhaps be remembered as the year of climate change hysteria. I think the movie … [Read more...] about No Anthropogenic Signal in Tropical Cyclone Record: An Inconvenient Truth (Part 5)
Running on Wine
Earlier this year I read that the European Commission had given the green light to farmers in France and Italy to once again convert their surplus wine into bioethanol. The farmers get a subsidy for distillation of the surplus wine. I guess they … [Read more...] about Running on Wine
Ecology is a Branch of Biology: A Note from Haldun
Hi Jennifer, In the academic world we speak of the "natural," the "mathematical," the "social," the "engineering," and the other sciences. The natural sciences deal mostly with the humanly dicovered laws/rules of nature while the mathematical … [Read more...] about Ecology is a Branch of Biology: A Note from Haldun
The Burnett River Tortoise: A Note from Russell
Hi Jennifer, Any Australians looking for an example of an endangered or vulnerable freshwater species to focus a campaign on might look no further than the Burnett River tortoise. This species is under threat due to changes in flow regimes on the … [Read more...] about The Burnett River Tortoise: A Note from Russell
The Loss of the Baiji
It seems the most endangered mammal on earth, a species of freshwater dolphin from the Yangtze River in China, is now extinct. That's the conclusion from a group of specialists who recently spent six weeks searching for the dolphin, also known as … [Read more...] about The Loss of the Baiji
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
