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
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Being Disagreeable – At Christmas
It is increasingly difficult to articulate a sceptical perspective on catastrophic human-caused climate change and other such issues. Not only with colleagues, but also within extended families. This is especially the case at Christmas time when … [Read more...] about Being Disagreeable – At Christmas
A Note on Obfuscation, the 2022 Climate Report, and my Latest Film
The Bureau of Meteorology released its 2022 State of the Environment Report last week, and the headline in newspapers and on radio is that the weather is becoming more extreme. This is also consistent with the message out of COP27 in Egypt where all … [Read more...] about A Note on Obfuscation, the 2022 Climate Report, and my Latest Film
Coral Reefs & Coal Mines – Even Gas Market Interventions
If you live in Perth, and if you would like to quiz me about climate change and the Great Barrier Reef, I will at the Windsor Cinema, Nedlands, on 1st December. This will be for a double screening of two of my Great Barrier Reef films – Finding … [Read more...] about Coral Reefs & Coal Mines – Even Gas Market Interventions
Latest Survey of ‘Coral Cover’ Fundamentally Unscientific
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
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
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.