THE Australian Senate just passed the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill with a 39-32 vote effectively axing Australia's carbon tax. Labor and the Greens voted against. South Australian senator Nick Xenophon was absent. Greens … [Read more...] about Tax Has Been Axed
Philosophising on Bushfires: A Note from David Ward
FIRE in the landscape, or bushfire, is Australia’s most lethal and costly natural hazard. Big, uncontrollable bushfires can kill millions of trees and wild animals, thousands of farm animals, and sometimes humans too. Apart from deaths, bushfires … [Read more...] about Philosophising on Bushfires: A Note from David Ward
Science Fiction & Climate Change: A Speech by George Christensen MP in Vegas
"I KNOW good science fiction when I see it. And that is what I have seen in the climate change debate – a lot of fiction dressed up as science. Most great works of fiction end up on the silver screen so it was inevitable that climate change would … [Read more...] about Science Fiction & Climate Change: A Speech by George Christensen MP in Vegas
The Need for a New Paradigm, Including for Rainfall Forecasting
The following paper was delivered by Jennifer Marohasy at the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change in Las Vegas on Wednesday 9th July 2013 in Panel 13. SCIENTIFIC disciplines are always underpinned by theories that collectively define … [Read more...] about The Need for a New Paradigm, Including for Rainfall Forecasting
Grizzly Man Swims with Polar Bear
This polar bear was raised in the home of Mark Dumas, apparently from the age of six weeks. … [Read more...] about Grizzly Man Swims with Polar Bear
What about Draining Lake Albert at the bottom of the Murray River?
Bendigo-based long-range weather forecaster Kevin Long has repeatedly reminded me that, at the end of the day it is rainfall cycles that are most important in Australia, not temperature cycles. Can we expect a run of drier years in the Murray … [Read more...] about What about Draining Lake Albert at the bottom of the Murray River?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
