RECENT billion-dollar plans for the Murray Darling Basin have never been about the environment. Rather they have been about special interest groups doing deals through constant negotiation, with commercial interests in South Australia generally … [Read more...] about Bring Back the Tide: Wash-Away Adelaide Politics
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Smashed by Debbie – Middle Island Corals
WE have been led to believe that smashed coral is our fault – that when it is lying on the sea floor as untidy piles of grey it is because of catastrophic human-caused global warming. But just maybe coral bleaching and cyclones are natural, and not … [Read more...] about Smashed by Debbie – Middle Island Corals
The Eerie Ancient Coral Reef at Bowen, with a Crocodile
MOST people rarely venture into nature – they certainly don’t spend much time on coral reefs. When they do, they may expect the fish and corals to be as bright, colourful and perfect as the last nature documentary that they saw in full … [Read more...] about The Eerie Ancient Coral Reef at Bowen, with a Crocodile
Denying the Littoral Zone at the Great Barrier Reef
The coral reef off Bowen, in North Queensland, is only dead to the 2,500 marine scientists who attended the conference in Cairns on 9th July 2012. That day, they were shown photographs of a mudflat ... and told that mud now covers what was once … [Read more...] about Denying the Littoral Zone at the Great Barrier Reef
New Drought Report: Consistently Dishonest, Consistently Misleading
DROUGHT is cruel. The farmer doesn’t know when it is going to end, how much longer they will need to keep feeding their livestock, and how much longer they must wait until they can plant a crop. If the Australian Bureau of Meteorology were … [Read more...] about New Drought Report: Consistently Dishonest, Consistently Misleading
Free Julian Assange
I unequivocally support freedom of speech, and especially freedom of the press. We need more outsiders like Julian Assange who take on the elites and the industrial military complex ... and fearlessly publish without redaction. Much in the … [Read more...] about Free Julian Assange
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
