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
History
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
Fear, Flooding, Forecasting & Australia’s 2022 Official Rainfall Statistics
This year the Australian Bureau of Meteorology waited until after close of business on Friday 6th January 2023 to release the official climate statistics for 2022. After claims of unprecedented extreme rainfall all year, the statistics must be … [Read more...] about Fear, Flooding, Forecasting & Australia’s 2022 Official Rainfall Statistics
Rebels to the Coral Reef Cause (Part 2)
To the extent that it is possible for any human endeavour to be so, science is value-free. Science is a way of attempting to understand the world in which we live from a rational point of view, based on observation, experiment and tested theory. … [Read more...] about Rebels to the Coral Reef Cause (Part 2)
Australia Has Finally Caught the ‘Net Zero’ Bus
After years of dithering here in Australia, we have finally chosen a government that ‘will act on climate change’. So said Penny Wong as she welcomed the new prime minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, to the stage last night. I would argue it … [Read more...] about Australia Has Finally Caught the ‘Net Zero’ Bus
Washed Away – A Short Film About Sea Level Fall
I live by the sea and like walking along the coastline including scrambling over the rock ledges in Noosa National Park. All the way from Noosa to Sydney it is possible to find wave-cut platforms etched out of the sandstone towards the bottom of the … [Read more...] about Washed Away – A Short Film About Sea Level Fall
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
