"There is an old saying that one of the greatest of human failings is the inability to learn from the mistakes of others. One example is that of my 2-year old grandson who, despite being warned, could not resist testing the heat of the stove, and got … [Read more...] about Bushfire Management in Australian Forests: A Note from Roger Underwood
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A Plankton-based Carbon Offset
I'm not sure that dumping tons of iron powder in the ocean is going to stop 'climate change', but I am hopeful it can reduce atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide: "The first commercial venture into growing vast plankton blooms big enough to suck … [Read more...] about A Plankton-based Carbon Offset
Australian Skeptic Bets $US6,000 That Warming Will Cool
Hi Jennifer, I devoted six years to carbon accounting, building models for the Australian government to estimate carbon emissions from land use change and forestry (Google on "FullCAM"). When I started that job in 1999 the evidence that carbon … [Read more...] about Australian Skeptic Bets $US6,000 That Warming Will Cool
Kin and Country – The Cape York Indigenous Conservation Agenda
Mr. Gerhardt Pearson (Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation CEO), Professsor Tim Flannery (2007 Australian of the Year) and Ms. Tania Major (2007 Young Australian of the Year) introduced the Cape York Conservation Agenda at a public seminar … [Read more...] about Kin and Country – The Cape York Indigenous Conservation Agenda
The disposal of our heritage
Douglas Shire Council (DSC) has authorised the public release of its Blue Hole Reserve draft Management Plan, which aims to create a reserve for community purposes at a site of global environmental and cultural heritage significance, at the centre of … [Read more...] about The disposal of our heritage
The Guillemot and the Mirror
This is a guillemot (Uri aalge). A seabird found along the Scandinavian coast. This fellow is suffering from a leg injury and recoverying at a small animal rehabilitation centre north of Stockholm in Sweden. According to Ann Novek, who sent in … [Read more...] about The Guillemot and the Mirror
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
