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
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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
‘Carbon Price’ Won’t Reduce Emissions from Power Stations
THE Australian government has announced plans to introduce a carbon price scheme forcing industry to buy a permit for each tonne of carbon dioxide emitted from July 1, 2012. A trading system, with the carbon permit price set on a market linked to … [Read more...] about ‘Carbon Price’ Won’t Reduce Emissions from Power Stations
What to Listen to, and Read, this Week
Consider this an open thread. Let other readers of this blog know what you are listening to, and reading, this week by way of a comment. And consider donating to the continued operation of this blog. There is an orange button at the top right … [Read more...] about What to Listen to, and Read, this Week
Snowy Hydro tops up floods with environmental flow
WHILE residents of Wagga Wagga scrambled to save their belongings from rising flood waters there was a rumour circulating that the crisis was exacerbated by bureaucratic incompetence, in particular that Snowy Hydro was releasing environmental flow … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro tops up floods with environmental flow
Volcanic Eruptions and Global Temperature
VOLCANIC eruptions have long been known to influence global climate, besides their obvious local effects. They emit large clouds of aerosols and sulphur-containing gases into the lower and upper atmospheres, affecting albedo, cloud formation and … [Read more...] about Volcanic Eruptions and Global Temperature
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
