SCIENCE was once about matching theory with reality. According to American physicist and historian Thomas Kuhn this perhaps more than anything else contributed to the phenomenal progress made by scientists over the last 400 years. But many people … [Read more...] about Unable and Unwilling to Consider the Evidence: Our ABC
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Supernovae Affecting Global Climate and Ocean Biodiversity and Productivity
REMEMBER Henrick Svensmark and Eigil Friis-Christensen and cosmic ray theory [1]: the idea from these Danish physicists and climate scientists that global climate may be mediated by changes in the flux of galactic cosmic rays because cosmic ray are … [Read more...] about Supernovae Affecting Global Climate and Ocean Biodiversity and Productivity
Beach Mounds Not Middens
WALKING on the beach this afternoon I took some photographs of beach mounds. I’m referring to piles of shells and pebbles regularly positioned between, and parallel to, the high and low tide marks. Are these beach mounds a consequence of the ebb … [Read more...] about Beach Mounds Not Middens
When The Facts Change: Mark Latham and Robert Manne are Stuck
FORMER Labor leader, Mark Latham, is clearly not an empiricist, though he claims to be and he claims that another leading Australian advocate for anthropogenic global warming, Robert Manne, is also an empiricist and always quick to change his mind … [Read more...] about When The Facts Change: Mark Latham and Robert Manne are Stuck
Answers for Simon Birmingham, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin
LATE last year several of my friends sent off postcards as part of the Australian Environment Foundation’s Rivers Need Estuaries Campaign. You can still send a postcard and sign the petition here: http://listentous.org.au/ There is a choice of … [Read more...] about Answers for Simon Birmingham, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin
Britain Gives Shale Gas Fracking Green Light: Benny Peiser
The UK government on Tuesday backed the exploration of shale gas nearly one year after it temporarily banned the drilling method which triggered two earthquakes in Britain but that has also revolutionised the U.S. energy market. An expert report … [Read more...] about Britain Gives Shale Gas Fracking Green Light: Benny Peiser