NASA lost its carbon observatory satellite on launch earlier this week, Read more here. But a 30-centimetre-long University of Toronto satellite is already orbiting and searching for the carbon that cannot be accounted for each year. Read more … [Read more...] about Canadian Satellite Already Searching for Missing Carbon
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Cheetahs in the Sahara
Rare cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki) recently photographed (via PlanetArk). … [Read more...] about Cheetahs in the Sahara
Muzzled Australians Gain a Voice on ETS
The Australian Environment Foundation today launched an online petition opposing the federal government’s “Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme”. The petition will eventually be presented to Parliament by Dr Dennis Jensen, MHR for Tangney. AEF Chair … [Read more...] about Muzzled Australians Gain a Voice on ETS
Gone Fishing
“Gone Fishing” is an expression we use here in Australia to let people know that a business is closed for a period of time while the owner takes a break. I’m off for a bit – “Gone Fishing”. Cheers, ************** The photograph is of a … [Read more...] about Gone Fishing
Changing Temperatures Likely to Impact Frogs
WHEN news headlines simultaneously suggested that both warm weather and cold weather might adversely affect frog populations, there was some mocking from climate change sceptics. [1, 2] But given the extraordinary impact of the pathogenic fungus, … [Read more...] about Changing Temperatures Likely to Impact Frogs
A Female ‘Black’ Satin Bowerbird
The following picture of a female 'black' satin bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, was taken in Katoomba on January 31, 2009, by Jennifer Marohasy. … [Read more...] about A Female ‘Black’ Satin Bowerbird
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
