“IT is too late to leave, you need to take shelter in your home and actively defend it.” That’s part of a government warning issued today to residents in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River in south western Western Australia. Twenty homes … [Read more...] about Bushfires are Getting Worse
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Climategate II
TWO years after Climategate - the scandal caused by the leaking of over one thousand emails detailing correspondence between leading climate scientists exposing conspiracy and collusion including how to stack review committees, exaggerate warming … [Read more...] about Climategate II
Wind farms are useless, says Duke of Edinburgh
OLD style windmills dot the Australian rural landscape. They were once critical for pump watering from bores, creeks and dams to tanks to water sheep and cattle. Wind turbines are a variation on the old theme. There are apparently 3,421 wind … [Read more...] about Wind farms are useless, says Duke of Edinburgh
Global Temperature Update to October 2011
Dear all. Please find below a link which will take you directly to a monthly newsletter (ca. 1.4 MB) with various meteorological information updated to October 2011: http://www.climate4you.com/Text/Climate4you_October_2011.pdf All temperatures … [Read more...] about Global Temperature Update to October 2011
How Aborigines Made Australia: Bill Gammage
A new book, The Biggest Estate on Earth, by historian Bill Gammage explodes the myth that pre-settlement Australia was an untamed wilderness revealing the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people. According to the … [Read more...] about How Aborigines Made Australia: Bill Gammage
University Entitlement Must Change
THE revelations that Paul Greenfield, vice chancellor at the University of Queensland, has been forced to retire early because of "irregularities" in admission of a close relative to medical school do not come as a shock to many of us who have worked … [Read more...] about University Entitlement Must Change
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.