THERE has been no general decline in rainfall in Australia due to global warming. But it is possible that the Murray Darling Basin, once regarded as the food bowl of Australia, will get even drier. When farmers say that the region has never … [Read more...] about It May Get Even Drier Along the Murray
Opinion
Computer Software Spins Climate
Where the output of computer software is held in higher regard than observational data, where marketing spin is more important than fact and evidence, and where a trenchant defence of the notion of man-made global warming is seen as paramount... … [Read more...] about Computer Software Spins Climate
Changes Announced to Australia’s Proposed Emissions Trading Scheme
SINCE Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister of Australia we have signed Kyoto and there has been a commitment to an Emissions Trading Scheme – what his government calls a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. It was to start next year, but according to a … [Read more...] about Changes Announced to Australia’s Proposed Emissions Trading Scheme
Defining the Greens (Part 7)
GREENPEACE is a large global corporation broadly committed to ‘saving the environment’. Greenpeace is currently focused on influencing the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December on the basis that this represents “the best chance we have of … [Read more...] about Defining the Greens (Part 7)
Swine Flu and ‘Factory Farming’
The first known case of the current swine flu pandemic occurred amid a highly unusual outbreak of contagious respiratory ailments near a large factory hog farm in Mexico; and the public-health community had been warning for years that hog farms posed … [Read more...] about Swine Flu and ‘Factory Farming’
Obama’s Hurricane Warning
During a town hall meeting prior to his primetime press conference Wednesday, President Obama offered a dire global weather forecast to mark his 100th day in office. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Obama’s Hurricane Warning
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
