IT'S focused on Australia, popular misconceptions about the environment, history, climate and there is more, it’s chock full of cartoons! I'm referring to a new book by scientist Bob Carter [1] and cartoonist John Spooner entitled Taxing Air: Facts & … [Read more...] about Taxing Air: Facts & Fallacies about Climate Change
Guessing versus Calculating a Global Mean Temperature
"THE greatest difficulty facing the promoters of the theory that human emissions of carbon dioxide cause dangerous global warming is the inconvenient truth that it is impossible to measure the average temperature of the earth’s surface by any known … [Read more...] about Guessing versus Calculating a Global Mean Temperature
Fishing Lobby Trumps Murray Cod Recovery (The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On: Part 3)
THE key recommendation in the Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Basin 2003-2013 – a document developed by the Murray Darling Basin Commission, (MDBC) and adopted by the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) – was the need to address the … [Read more...] about Fishing Lobby Trumps Murray Cod Recovery (The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On: Part 3)
Open Thread
Photograph of the Black-headed gull taken in Lymington, England about a month ago. … [Read more...] about Open Thread
Undemocratic Politics Again Determines Land Use in Tasmania: An Update
A DECISION made in Cambodia this month by the United Nation’s World Heritage committee could add 172,000 hectares of forest to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Federal Minister for the Environment Tony Burke was seeking to have the deal … [Read more...] about Undemocratic Politics Again Determines Land Use in Tasmania: An Update
Causes of Honey Bee Decline
I visited Hidcote Manor Gardens in Warwickshire earlier today. They have several honey bee hives and a notice board claiming three different reasons for the decline in honey bee colonies across the UK. "The number of honey bee colonies in the UK … [Read more...] about Causes of Honey Bee Decline
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
