THE US Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center, using satellite analysis to estimate wind speeds, has claimed that Typhoon Haiyan, that hit the east coast of Samar in the Phillipines on November 8, 2013 is one of the strongest storms in recorded history. … [Read more...] about Super Typhoon Haiyan Strongest in Recorded History?
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INFLUENTIAL, but seriously flawed research suggesting agricultural pesticides killed mature stands of mangroves at Mackay in Queensland was based on experiments with mangrove seedlings that were dosed with concentrations of Diuron orders of magnitude … [Read more...] about Postgraduate Research Opportunity
Against Collective Integration: Carl Jung
In his review of the book 'The Undiscovered Self' by the psychiatrist and philosopher Carl Jung, Maxwell Cynn suggests that: "Dr. Jung noted that whenever individuals are pressed into a group an averaging effect occurs and part of the individual … [Read more...] about Against Collective Integration: Carl Jung
Hazard Reduction, Only Proven Bushfire Management Tool
The Volunteer Firefighters Association (VFFA), the body representing the Voice of Volunteer Rural Firefighters in New South Wales, refutes the claim by green alarmists that climate change is the cause of the recent bushfires in New South … [Read more...] about Hazard Reduction, Only Proven Bushfire Management Tool
Bushfire Management in Australian Forests: A Note from Roger Underwood
THERE is an old saying that one of the greatest of human failings is the inability to learn from the mistakes of others. One example is that of my 2-year old grandson who, despite being warned, could not resist testing the heat of the stove, and got … [Read more...] about Bushfire Management in Australian Forests: A Note from Roger Underwood
The Nature of Inclusive Climate Science
Not so long ago, the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, released a report about how it is now hotter, and that there is a 95% chance this has been caused by human activity. This key finding was from just part 1 of a … [Read more...] about The Nature of Inclusive Climate Science