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?
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Wrecked. Day 3. Part 3. Great Keppel Island, April 2024
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, it was going to storm on Sunday. Instead, the day broke calm and sunny. And so, Jenn (not me, there is another one) and M-J from Keppel Dive, took a few of us around to the very exposed Wreck Beach facing … [Read more...] about Wrecked. Day 3. Part 3. Great Keppel Island, April 2024
More Ocean Temperature Data & More Diving, This Weekend – Great Keppel Island
I’m back in Yeppoon. This afternoon I was at Wreck Point, and in the distance, over my left shoulder, you can see Great Keppel Island. According to the New York Times there is mass coral bleaching there (CLICK HERE). A photograph of the corals at … [Read more...] about More Ocean Temperature Data & More Diving, This Weekend – Great Keppel Island
Cyclone Kirrily Smashed my Favourite Coral Reef
If you care enough to know what damage, real damage, from a cyclone looks like at a coral reef, get yourself to Townsville and book a trip with Adrenalin Snorkel and Dive to John Brewer Reef. It is not hard to describe parts of John Brewer Reef … [Read more...] about Cyclone Kirrily Smashed my Favourite Coral Reef
Men at War, Part 6 – American V Russian Temperature Reconstructions
I have been remembering Russian historical temperature reconstructions based on tree ring data, as I have listened along to the Climate Change on Trial podcast series by investigative journalist Ann McElhinney. Looking at the research papers* I have … [Read more...] about Men at War, Part 6 – American V Russian Temperature Reconstructions
Invitation to Visit Mass Coral Bleaching, and see the Fishes
I don’t think he has ever been there – not once. But he has an opinion about the Great Barrier Reef. Last time I looked more than 111K of his followers (after just a few hours of it being being posted) were regurgitating the nonsense message that, … [Read more...] about Invitation to Visit Mass Coral Bleaching, and see the Fishes
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
