Its that time of year when the bush turkeys in Queensland start their nest building. The one in our backyard wants to build right in front of the door to the shed John erected a few months ago. John sweeps the leaves away, the turkey puts them … [Read more...] about Open Thread
Heat is on over weather bureau ‘homogenising temperature records’
EARLIER this year Tim Flannery said “the pause” in global warming was a myth, leading medical scientists called for stronger action on climate change, and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology declared 2013 the hottest year on record. All of this was … [Read more...] about Heat is on over weather bureau ‘homogenising temperature records’
Revisionist Approach Destroys Information About Natural Cycles Embedded in Climate Data
“THE process of long range forecasting is thousands of years in the making and is still used in older cultures. The Greeks inherited their knowledge from the people of the Indus Valley and Asia, Hebraic Sumerians, Chaldeans and from northern Africa. … [Read more...] about Revisionist Approach Destroys Information About Natural Cycles Embedded in Climate Data
Open Thread
“ONLY beliefs are true or false, or sentences that express beliefs.” That’s according to Marianne Talbot, University of Oxford, explaining “critical reasoning” in a course available for download through iTunes. A theory, like anthropogenic global … [Read more...] about Open Thread
Don’t Retire: Start a PhD in Paradise
BEFORE the 20th Century there was no age for retirement. There existed a leisured class who through birth or industry could choose what work they did – if and when. But, even they didn’t retire. Retirement, like unemployment, can potentially … [Read more...] about Don’t Retire: Start a PhD in Paradise
Tangled Temperature Trends
ON 10th June 2014 I sent the Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for the Environment, an email suggesting that a cooling temperature trend was establishing across northeastern Australia. I recently received a reply from the Bureau with a covering letter … [Read more...] about Tangled Temperature Trends
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
