The French unit of US Biotech giant Monsanto has filed a lawsuit following the latest destruction of some of its test fields for genetically-modified maize. In a statement issued on Friday, Monsanto said that unidentified activists had ransacked … [Read more...] about Monsanto Files Suit Against GM Activists
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Data Sharing in Climate Research
Press Release GAO Says Agencies Could Improve Data Sharing in Climate Research October 22, 2007 WASHINGTON – The Government Accountability Office reports that federally funded climate researchers aren’t always required to follow the government’s … [Read more...] about Data Sharing in Climate Research
A Sunspot Correlation?
An unusual paper has appeared in the journal Technological Forecasting & Social Change: Sunspots, GDP and the stock market Theodore Modis Abstract A correlation has been observed between the US GDP and the number of sunspots as well as between … [Read more...] about A Sunspot Correlation?
That Sink-ing Feeling
This week's climate doom and gloom story comes from the unsurprising source of the University of East Anglia, reported in an unsurprising place - the BBC website: Oceans are 'soaking up less CO2' The amount of carbon dioxide being absorbed by the … [Read more...] about That Sink-ing Feeling
Lyssa macleayi
If this spectacular moth had a common name it would almost certainly be the Night Citrus Swallowtail. Previously known as Nyctalemon patroclus, it has since been re-affirmed as the formerly identified Lyssa macleayi. The compound eyes of many … [Read more...] about Lyssa macleayi
A Man’s Got To Do What Mann Won’t Do
Thanks to Willis Eschenbach for the amusing spoof 'reconstructed' photo of Michael Mann. No doubt many blog readers will be familiar with the infamous 'Hockey Stick' graph, which used 'proxy' reconstructed temperature data up to 1980, grafted onto … [Read more...] about A Man’s Got To Do What Mann Won’t Do
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
