For more than twenty-five years, the Great Barrier Reef has been at the centre of a tightly managed scientific narrative. We are told the Reef is in crisis and that radical interventions, including the genetic modification of corals, are now … [Read more...] about Another Example of Sea-level Fall Affecting Coral Cover
History
25 Years Since the Diuron Mangrove Claims – 15 Years Since Our Rebuttal, Still No Correction
What makes the continued sidelining of a 2011 paper that I published with John Abbot so consequential is not simply that one study was overlooked, but that it has allowed a myth to be perpetuated. Do we really want to live in such a society, where … [Read more...] about 25 Years Since the Diuron Mangrove Claims – 15 Years Since Our Rebuttal, Still No Correction
The Future of Climate Forecasting (Part 1)
My husband, John Abbot, has kept going with research into AI and climate forecasting. One of his most important recent papers can be downloaded from Earth Sciences. Some of the latest Nobel prizes in science, including in chemistry, have been for … [Read more...] about The Future of Climate Forecasting (Part 1)
Largest of the Saved Clams, Part 3. Inaugural Megafauna Expedition, September 2024
In May 1992, and again in March and April 1993, the Royal Australian Navy, specifically HMAS Tarakan, was involved in the translocation of tens of thousands of clams as part of Operation CLAMSAVER. The clams were moved from a successful breeding … [Read more...] about Largest of the Saved Clams, Part 3. Inaugural Megafauna Expedition, September 2024
In Awe of Mud & the Waders
It is a magical time, just before the Sun comes up each day – especially outside with a view to the horizon. Two days ago, on Wednesday morning, I was at the Cairns foreshore just on sunrise. This mudflat is home to a great diversity of migratory … [Read more...] about In Awe of Mud & the Waders
Political and Natural Hazards, ARC Part 3
Before the advent of computer simulation modelling and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the past record of climate change was assembled from a variety of different types of evidence including chronicles, grain price records, … [Read more...] about Political and Natural Hazards, ARC Part 3
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
