Imagine meeting a person who was once a top advisor to American Presidents Jimmy Carter, George Bush Senior and also Bill Clinton! He would have to have been rather special to have survived both sides of politics for that long as a top … [Read more...] about Talking Up Chuck Benbrook To Talk Down GM
Mud Map
Can someone tell me where this photo was taken: View image? … [Read more...] about Mud Map
Are Australian Cities Getting Hotter?
The biggest global warming conference since Kyoto, opened today in Montreal, Canada. The 10,000 experts from 180 nations are to spend the best part of the next 10 days deliberating about how best to "slow the alarming effects of greenhouses gases … [Read more...] about Are Australian Cities Getting Hotter?
C02 Follows Temperature In Bubble Record
Three fascinating papers were published in Science (Vol 310, 25th November 2005) last week on climate change and the relationship between carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide levels and temperature over the last 650,000 years. They report on … [Read more...] about C02 Follows Temperature In Bubble Record
Rising Salt Problem in WA
A main premise of the following guest post from Boxer* is that across the West Australian wheatbelt, water tables are showing an upward trend. Boxer explains the problem and the need to act now if we are to learn from history and avoid the problems … [Read more...] about Rising Salt Problem in WA
Let’s Import Our Fish
'Getting in Deeper?' was the title of a letter to the Courier Mail on Friday which read: Now that we are going to have to import more fish because of cutbacks to commercial fishing we can expect an increase in Indonesian illegal fishing in our … [Read more...] about Let’s Import Our Fish