No one can deny that in recent years the need to "save the planet" from global warming has become one of the most pervasive issues of our time. As Tony Blair's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, claimed in 2004, it poses "a far greater threat … [Read more...] about Scared to Death: From BSE to Global Warming — How Scares are Costing Us the Earth
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Parrotfish the Key to Saving Caribbean Coral Reefs
A vividly coloured fish could be the key to saving the Caribbean's coral reefs from plummeting into terminal decline, scientists claim. Their research forecasts that reefs risk being damaged beyond repair by the influx of seaweed. BBC News website: … [Read more...] about Parrotfish the Key to Saving Caribbean Coral Reefs
Less is More
Energy savings in UK households could be up to 30% lower than previously thought, jeopardising efforts to cut the nation's carbon dioxide emissions. The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) blamed the miscalculation on "rebound effects" from … [Read more...] about Less is More
Blog comments
As readers will see from the last 2 blog entries, comments of a defamatory nature made against organisations or individuals can get the blog owners into legal trouble. We will have to be more vigilant in future. … [Read more...] about Blog comments
Retraction and Apology Notice
I hereby make a full public apology to the Australian Rainforest Foundation and its Chief Executive Officer, Roger Phillips, in relation to entries on blog site etitled 'Daintree Compensation' by the following persons (bloggers): John Rainbird on 1 … [Read more...] about Retraction and Apology Notice
‘Daintree compensation’ originally posted August 25 2007 – comments removed at the request of the ARF and Roger Phillips
August 25, 2007 Daintree compensation Posted by neil, at 02:41 PM The Australian Rainforest Foundation (ARF) has thrown a cat amongst the pigeons, by lodging twenty-two applications for compensation with Douglas Shire Council, for development rights … [Read more...] about ‘Daintree compensation’ originally posted August 25 2007 – comments removed at the request of the ARF and Roger Phillips
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
