Exquisite: that is my word for an important book published this year, entitled ‘A Stray Liana’. It is replete with the most beautiful photographs all by Neil Hewett, and all taken amongst the Daintree Rainforest where he has lived for perhaps … [Read more...] about Exquisite
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Why Deny the Beautiful Coral Reefs Fringing Stone Island?
We live in an era when it is politically incorrect to say the Great Barrier Reef is doing fine, except if it’s in a tourist brochure. The issue has nothing to do with the actual state of corals, but something else altogether. Given that the Great … [Read more...] about Why Deny the Beautiful Coral Reefs Fringing Stone Island?
Experts Now Agree: Is Acropora Coral at Stone Island
APPARENTLY the Nature article I quote from in my new first film Beige Reef doesn't claim there is no longer any Acropora at Stone Island. According to Graham Readfearn, writing today in The Guardian, I got it wrong. In fact, he’s got it wrong. … [Read more...] about Experts Now Agree: Is Acropora Coral at Stone Island
My First Film: Beige Reef
FRENCH military general Napoleon Bonaparte is quoted as saying that, "A good sketch is better than a long speech.” Then there is the expression, ”A picture is worth a thousand words.” So, why have I spent so much of the last two decades … [Read more...] about My First Film: Beige Reef
How to Evaluate the Evidence of Contrarians – Scientifically
FUNDAMENTAL to the scientific method is the assumption that reality exists independently of our belief systems; that there is such a thing as evidence, and that it matters. There seems to be general agreement on this point from both the left and … [Read more...] about How to Evaluate the Evidence of Contrarians – Scientifically
Found: 25 Hectares of Acropora at Stone Island
CORAL reefs in shallow waters adjacent to the Australian mainland are considered particularly susceptible to coral bleaching, and also smothering by sediment from turbid water. This was all lamented a week or so ago, including by Sussan Ley, the … [Read more...] about Found: 25 Hectares of Acropora at Stone Island
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
