OVER the last year, John Abbot and I have worked on a new method for forecasting rainfall based on the use of artificial intelligence. We have benchmarked our forecasts against output from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s General Circulation … [Read more...] about Using Artificial Intelligence to Forecast Rainfall
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One Big Quoll
Jen, Have a look at the size of this male quoll we saw in Boonoo Boonoo National Park near Stanthorpe a few days ago. It is currently mating season for quolls and he was quite aggressive as well as curious. They are rare in southeastern … [Read more...] about One Big Quoll
Artificial Salinity Target for Artificial Lower Lake
IN the newly released Murray Darling Basin Plan there is a proposed target salinity for Lake Alexandrina. The plan suggests this target salinity value to be measured at Milang: "The inclusion of a salinity target for Lake Alexandrina will provide … [Read more...] about Artificial Salinity Target for Artificial Lower Lake
More Nonsense in National News about Murray Darling
THIS morning our national newspaper, The Australian, has a very misleading story about a farmer Colin Grundy complaining that Murray river water is too salty for irrigation. [1] In fact Mr Grundy does not live anywhere near the Murray river. He … [Read more...] about More Nonsense in National News about Murray Darling
Deal with Climate Reality as it Unfolds: Bob Carter
"OVER the last 18 months, policymakers in Canada, the U.S. and Japan have quietly abandoned the illusory goal of preventing global warming by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Instead, an alternative view has emerged regarding the most … [Read more...] about Deal with Climate Reality as it Unfolds: Bob Carter
World Leaders to Tackle Real Pollution from Black Carbon
"IT seems to have gone virtually unnoticed, but the world leaders at the weekend's G8 summit look as if they have taken the biggest step in years in tackling climate change. And it's quite apart from anything to do with carbon dioxide. "The … [Read more...] about World Leaders to Tackle Real Pollution from Black Carbon
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
