Have a cool Yule, y'uall, The Mott family are about to indulge their old man with a week or more at the farm. They will spend a few days lamenting their lot and the absence of TV, Internet and a decent toilet whilst observing, bemused, as dad and … [Read more...] about Season’s Greetings from Motty
Is Global Warming Cool: A Note from Luke
Hi Jennifer, 2006 might be regarded as the year of climate change hysteria or perhaps the year where we had to get serious about attribution and what is and is not global warming. Certainly one could not help but notice various bouts of unseasonal … [Read more...] about Is Global Warming Cool: A Note from Luke
Win for Bob Brown, Loss for Forests
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
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
