Most incoming solar radiation is intercepted by tropical oceans. This is where most of the heat comes from, the real heat on Earth. The world’s oceans move some heat to the higher latitudes including North America and Europe by ocean … [Read more...] about Tropical Thunderstorms
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Learning from Sharks
Scuba divers have a fascination with sharks, we will go looking for them. We know to always face them. Never turn your back on a large shark. That is something worth remembering more generally, in your life on land. Of course, there is no point … [Read more...] about Learning from Sharks
So Many Dead War Correspondences: Chris Hedge
There are some 4,000 foreign reporters accredited in Israel to cover the war. They stay in luxury hotels. They go on dog and pony shows orchestrated by the Israeli military. They can, on rare occasions, be escorted by Israeli soldiers on lightning … [Read more...] about So Many Dead War Correspondences: Chris Hedge
Two Ridiculous Fish, at Wreck Beach Reef
She has indulged me, yet again, by sending me that which I adore – to add to my collection: photographs of fish. I so love this photograph by Jenn Mayes. It is of a rock cod, initially I thought my favourite of all the reef fish, a potato cod, … [Read more...] about Two Ridiculous Fish, at Wreck Beach Reef
All the Dead Coral from the Bleaching. Part 4.
Self-censoring is a real thing – that I refuse to engage in. Over the last year there has been a dramatic reduction in live hard coral cover at many reefs at the Great Barrier Reef, but this has not been documented in official statistics or in the … [Read more...] about All the Dead Coral from the Bleaching. Part 4.
What do we know about sharks?
Available statistics on sharks: the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority can't tell me whether numbers are increasing or decreasing. We used to hunt whales, but now we revere them, and numbers are on the increase. We don’t eat turtle … [Read more...] about What do we know about sharks?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
