Following is a note and link to photographs from a Murrumbidgee farmer with a rice crop that is withstanding the deluge, but she can't say the same for the orchards and vineyards that many misguided folk in Sydney would prefer to see growing in our … [Read more...] about Environmental Flows in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area: Debbie Buller
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Sustaining Australia on 2,500 Gigalitres of Water
Yesterday a Murrumbidgee food producer, Virginia Tropeano, had a letter printed in the local Murrumbidgee ‘Area News’ explaining that in an average rainfall year it take 5,000 gigalitres of water to keep the Lower Lakes artificially fresh. … [Read more...] about Sustaining Australia on 2,500 Gigalitres of Water
No Carbon Tax Rally: Excerpt on YouTube
An excerpt from my speech at the No Carbon Tax Rally is now on YouTube... … [Read more...] about No Carbon Tax Rally: Excerpt on YouTube
Fears Over Fukushima Radiation Overblown: Lawrence Solomon
"The immense suffering that the Japanese are enduring in the aftermath of their earthquake and tsunami is now compounded by torment over radiation releases from the Fukushima nuclear plant. "While the torment is understandable, based on the … [Read more...] about Fears Over Fukushima Radiation Overblown: Lawrence Solomon
A Land of Drought or Flooding Rains
EASTER Sunday in 1915 the community of Murrabit in the Central Murray Valley gathered for a picnic at a farm called Riversdale. It had been so dry that the Murray River had run dry. A photograph was taken of the buggies in the dry river … [Read more...] about A Land of Drought or Flooding Rains
What to Listen to, And Read, This Week
Here is a clever video about what is wrong with government’s latest planning scheme for the Murray Darling Basin. Interestingly Topher has quoted extensively from my 2003 monograph ‘Myth and the Murray: Measuring the Real State of the River … [Read more...] about What to Listen to, And Read, This Week
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
