FIRE in the landscape, or bushfire, is Australia’s most lethal and costly natural hazard. Big, uncontrollable bushfires can kill millions of trees and wild animals, thousands of farm animals, and sometimes humans too. Apart from deaths, bushfires … [Read more...] about Philosophising on Bushfires: A Note from David Ward
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Science Fiction & Climate Change: A Speech by George Christensen MP in Vegas
"I KNOW good science fiction when I see it. And that is what I have seen in the climate change debate – a lot of fiction dressed up as science. Most great works of fiction end up on the silver screen so it was inevitable that climate change would … [Read more...] about Science Fiction & Climate Change: A Speech by George Christensen MP in Vegas
The Need for a New Paradigm, Including for Rainfall Forecasting
The following paper was delivered by Jennifer Marohasy at the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change in Las Vegas on Wednesday 9th July 2013 in Panel 13. SCIENTIFIC disciplines are always underpinned by theories that collectively define … [Read more...] about The Need for a New Paradigm, Including for Rainfall Forecasting
What about Draining Lake Albert at the bottom of the Murray River?
Bendigo-based long-range weather forecaster Kevin Long has repeatedly reminded me that, at the end of the day it is rainfall cycles that are most important in Australia, not temperature cycles. Can we expect a run of drier years in the Murray … [Read more...] about What about Draining Lake Albert at the bottom of the Murray River?
9th International Conference on Climate Change – I’ll Be There
I don’t often visit the US. But I will be there next week at the 9th International Conference on Climate Change, hosted of course by the Heartland Institute and this time in Las Vegas. If you live in the States, it’s not too late to register; … [Read more...] about 9th International Conference on Climate Change – I’ll Be There
Open Thread
"While some have likened global warming skeptics' scientific research to Big Tobacco-funded research that supposedly showed smoking was not dangerous, I would say that the media's refusal to report on skeptics's peer-reviewed research is like the … [Read more...] about Open Thread
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
