According to the latest Australian Institute of Marine Science report, there is record coral cover at the Great Barrier Reef. Yet this is less than 30 percent at about half of the reefs surveyed. The relatively low percentage cover is … [Read more...] about Latest Survey of ‘Coral Cover’ Fundamentally Unscientific
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Experts with Money Ignorant of Corals – Part 4: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
I suspect Mike Emslie and crew from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) didn’t report on the colourful bleaching at John Brewer Reef on 6th March 2022 because they didn’t see any. They were tasked with reporting on bleaching during … [Read more...] about Experts with Money Ignorant of Corals – Part 4: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
Stonewalling on Contradictory Results – Part 3: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have been tasked with reporting on the state of the corals and coral cover at the Great Barrier Reef. They surveyed John Brewer Reef by underwater manta tow in March 2022, made no mention of any … [Read more...] about Stonewalling on Contradictory Results – Part 3: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
Knowing the Great Barrier Reef – Two New Short Documentaries
It is a risk, and it is expensive, deciding to make a film about something way offshore and underwater. I’ve done it twice now – with both films showing at the New Farm Cinemas (701 Brunswick Street) in Brisbane on Sunday July 24 at 2:00 PM. … [Read more...] about Knowing the Great Barrier Reef – Two New Short Documentaries
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)
Counting Wettest Days, Half Way Down the East Coast of Australia
It has been raining a lot where I live, about halfway down the east coast of Australia. The year I started boarding school it also rained a lot, that was 1974 – another year of extreme rainfall. I remember the flooding back then. But this year … [Read more...] about Counting Wettest Days, Half Way Down the East Coast of Australia
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
