The Hon. Warren Truss MP (until recently Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestery) gave a speech to the Victorian Rural Press Club in March in which he talked about the recently released 'Agriculture and Food Industry Stocktake' and some of … [Read more...] about Government Payments for Environmental Services
Wolves in Yellowstone National Park
This will be my third post in a row with a US theme or author. But I just have to share the photos by Joel Sartore at this site http://www.joelsartore.com/gallery/index.asp . The 'fragile nature' gallery has my favourites but it takes a while to … [Read more...] about Wolves in Yellowstone National Park
Correction from David Douglass to Ken Miles
I received the following email yesterday from David Douglass, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, New York: Dear Dr Marohasy The following quote from your web page has come to my attention: "A good example of skeptics … [Read more...] about Correction from David Douglass to Ken Miles
God Bless America
It is the 4th July, Independence Day in the USA, and NASA has successfully smashed something the size of a washing machine into a gigantic comet. The aim of the cosmic collision, and I gather it was successful, was to find out what is inside comets. … [Read more...] about God Bless America
Teach Me to Fish
Africa is in the news. I lived in Madagascar and then Kenya from 1985 through to 1992. Here I am in in the far south-west of Madagascar in about 1986, Jen stopping for lunch. This was one way of getting about in Madagascar in the mid 1980s, by … [Read more...] about Teach Me to Fish
Clear Fell for Tall Trees
The Wilderness Society is no doubt celebrating the recent decision by Japanese paper mill Mitsubishi to only source woodchip from plantation forests. The end result, however, is likely to be fewer tall trees in Tasmania's native forests. The tall … [Read more...] about Clear Fell for Tall Trees
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
