Just before Christmas I posted a note from Marc Morano with a list of 400 or so climate change skeptics. I also noted that just two years ago Ian Lowe, head of the Australian Conservation Foundation, published a book wrongly claiming that there were … [Read more...] about List of Climate Change Skeptics Continues to Grow (Part 2)
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Marc Morano Isn’t Going on Holidays: List of Climate Change Skeptics Grows
It is not so many years ago that Professor Ian Lowe published a book* explaining, "there is a great scientific tradition of scepticism, generally a good thing because it keeps us honest and forces us to justify our conclusions." But then he went on … [Read more...] about Marc Morano Isn’t Going on Holidays: List of Climate Change Skeptics Grows
CSIRO Announcements to Be Consistent with New Australian Government’s Message
I've noticed that CSIRO often puts out so many press releases announcing each of its new environment-related projects and expected findings, that by the time the results are in, it’s old news. This perhaps reflects the type of research increasingly … [Read more...] about CSIRO Announcements to Be Consistent with New Australian Government’s Message
Lots of Examples of Cold Weather in 2007
I am waiting for the official reports that will come out in January 2008 telling us how much hotter or colder this year has been relative to the long term average, but in the meantime the following opinion piece by David Deming, a geophysicist at the … [Read more...] about Lots of Examples of Cold Weather in 2007
Of Kookaburras and Catbirds
According to our most outspoken local adherent to Al Gore, business owners within the Daintree Cape Tribulation rainforest community need to start taking some responsibility and planning for a very different future to what we are used to. We cannot … [Read more...] about Of Kookaburras and Catbirds
Rainforest Katydids
Katydids grow incrementally, from the exoskeletal confines of one instar to the next. They emerge from a hanging position on warm, still, humid nights and rely on a very limited variation of climatic tolerances. They will not survive the moult if … [Read more...] about Rainforest Katydids
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
