PROFESSOR Stewart Franks, a hydrologist at NSW's University of Newcastle, warned in a peer-reviewed scientific article published in 2006 that the risk of serious flooding in southern Queensland and NSW increases significantly when a negative phase of … [Read more...] about Time to Listen to Stewart Franks?
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2011 Australian of the Year: Carbon Dioxide Caused Wind to Evaporate
Today, January 26, is that day of the year when Australia’s have another holiday and are encouraged to get together with their mates for a beer or wine and to feel good about being Australian. It is also the day when the ruling elite thrust somebody … [Read more...] about 2011 Australian of the Year: Carbon Dioxide Caused Wind to Evaporate
Another Report into Climategate
Climategate was the scandal that erupted in the lead-up to Copenhagen resulting from the release of over one thousand emails detailing correspondence between leading climate scientists exposing conspiracy and collusion including how to stack review … [Read more...] about Another Report into Climategate
Looking for AGW in a Sea of Natural Variability: Drought to Flood (Part 1): A Note from Luke Walker
After the Queensland floods, Stewart Franks’ research on the interaction of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) driving cycles of drought and flood in Australia has been advanced as the rebuttal to the … [Read more...] about Looking for AGW in a Sea of Natural Variability: Drought to Flood (Part 1): A Note from Luke Walker
Nerang River and Sealevel Rise
Dear Jen Yesterday was the highest tide of the year and the highest for the last 12 months and the photo of the sea level against this old sea-wall, I took this morning at the top of the tide at slack water. We built this wall 48 years ago … [Read more...] about Nerang River and Sealevel Rise
Conservatism and Inland Water Management: A Note from David Boyd
I think it was John Howard who once described a conservative as someone who did not believe that everything his grandfather said was necessarily wrong! Nobody could accuse present day water managers (bureaucrats and attention seeking scientific … [Read more...] about Conservatism and Inland Water Management: A Note from David Boyd
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
