Is it possible to ever celebrate regrowth, without first acknowledging injury? For sure it can happen, coral reefs can bleach, and they can be destroyed by cyclones – and they can regenerate. John Brewer reef as an ecosystem was approaching climax, … [Read more...] about Denying the Most Precious – Natural Cycles (Part 1)
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Anemones Push Through Collapsed Corals
Many of the hard corals fringing the Keppel Islands bleached stark white last summer. Specifically, the fields of branching Acropora spp. went stark white. This was likely caused by a combination of high-water temperatures, low tides and no wind. I … [Read more...] about Anemones Push Through Collapsed Corals
Hierarchies of Nonsense, the Reef and Sugarcane
We learn things through experience and by association. When people whom we respect repeat nonsense over and over then we will tend to come to believe this information – even if it makes no sense, and especially if we have no first-hand experience … [Read more...] about Hierarchies of Nonsense, the Reef and Sugarcane
Nothing Can Save ‘Climate Science’, Not Now
Mark Steyn to pay punitive damages of US $1,000,000. The wicked have won. Michael Mann set out to sue a high-profile conservative magazine, The National Review, Inc., and a much-despised right wing think tank, The Competitive Enterprise Institute … [Read more...] about Nothing Can Save ‘Climate Science’, Not Now
Climate Change on Trial. My Reflections, My Part 4
I’ve received a text message from Ann McElhinney, Unreported Story Society, it reads: Hello Old Friend, we’re here in [Washington] DC, you’ve been mentioned fondly by Mark [Steyn] in the court and I was remembering your kindness to us … Ann … [Read more...] about Climate Change on Trial. My Reflections, My Part 4
Facebook Fiasco – and the Fishes
We have been friends for some 20 years, she used to edit Online Opinion (and I used to write for it), when she lived in Brisbane – we both once lived in Brisbane, in Chelmer. Now Susan lives on Norfolk Island that is rather a long way to the East. … [Read more...] about Facebook Fiasco – and the Fishes