So much thanks to Peter Gardiner of the local Noosa News for so accurately reporting on Senator Malcolm Robert's visit to Noosa National Park this morning in the article now available online: Scientists, Senator Claim Noosa's Sea Level is Falling. … [Read more...] about Sea Level Fall, Accurately Reported in Local Noosa News
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The Useful Things
"To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life." TS Eliot So much thanks to each of the Queensland nurses who have just left for Melbourne… for doing the useful thing. … [Read more...] about The Useful Things
Peter Ridd Asks for your Help – Now
PROFESSOR Peter Ridd is a physicist at James Cook University who has dared to question scientific findings that purport to show the Great Barrier Reef is in trouble. Specifically, he has been formally censured by the University and told to remain … [Read more...] about Peter Ridd Asks for your Help – Now
Remembering Diane Ainsworth
I can’t find a good photograph of Diane Ainsworth – one that does her justice. Thirty years ago, she had a cheeky smile, deep-set eyes, mousey-coloured thick wiry hair, and a very thin waist. We were friends at boarding school, and in the … [Read more...] about Remembering Diane Ainsworth
In Search of a Moderator
GROUPS of people, by their nature tend to seek out a consensus, but groups are more resilient and more likely to get closer to the truth when they are open to new ideas and when they confront dissent with rational argument. So, I’ve been very … [Read more...] about In Search of a Moderator
Enchanted Pools, Sierra Nevada, California
Jennifer, I would like to share a photograph of a 'magical place' from a cross-country hike, from several years ago, of the Enchanted Pools loop, in the Northern Sierras. The amateur photographer is tiocampo. Here's a link to all of the … [Read more...] about Enchanted Pools, Sierra Nevada, California
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
