MICHAEL Crichton wrote the Oscar-winning science fiction adventure Jurassic Park. But screen writing was not his first career, he studied medicine at Harvard, and later in life became very concerned about environmentalism and science, and the … [Read more...] about How Scientific Ideas Become Fashionable (Part 2)
At the Top of Noosa Hill
THIS afternoon I walked up to the top of Noosa Hill, in Noosa National Park. I thought all the koalas had disappeared from the park, but there is at least one still there. And the native Iris, Patersonia sp.glabrata , were flowering. But … [Read more...] about At the Top of Noosa Hill
Metres of Sea-Level Rise: Climate Commissioner
WILL Steffen is the executive director of the Australian National University Climate Change Institute and also a member of the Australian Climate Commission. This is the Climate Commission established to provide all Australians with an independent … [Read more...] about Metres of Sea-Level Rise: Climate Commissioner
How the Oceans Get Warm? (Rephrased)
ACCORDING to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) the oceans are warming [1]. But the IPCC does not explain the underlying physical mechanism, the IPCC does not explain from first principles how the oceans warm. In 2000, in a short … [Read more...] about How the Oceans Get Warm? (Rephrased)
Climate4You Update
Dear Jennifer, Please find below a link which will take you directly to a monthly newsletter (ca. 1.5 MB) with global meteorological information updated to June 2012: http://www.climate4you.com/Text/Climate4you_June_2012.pdf All temperatures … [Read more...] about Climate4You Update
Facebook, And
I've a Facebook account and I've started posting information there that is not about the natural environment, but that I think is important. A reader of this blog, Neville, sent me a link to a podcast of Alan Jones on 2GB talking this morning about … [Read more...] about Facebook, And
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
