AT the very bottom of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin is a vast coastal lagoon that was once connected to the Southern Ocean. The region was home for the Ngarrindjeri, who wore possum skin coats and loved to tell stories. One of their storiesii is … [Read more...] about About the Murray River’s Estuary: Full Text of My Address to the Sydney Institute
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Dugong Slaughter: Finally Some Reporting of the Issue
Dugongs are large marine mammals that swim about northern Australian waters. Indigenous Australians are allowed to hunt dugongs even though their numbers are probably in serious decline. There are two criteria that should be applied to the … [Read more...] about Dugong Slaughter: Finally Some Reporting of the Issue
Environmental Flows in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area: Debbie Buller
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
The Moon and Rainfall in Eastern Australia
Dear Jennifer, My paper 'Lunar Tides and the Long-Term Variation of the Peak Latitude Anomaly of the Summer Sub-Tropical High Pressure Ridge over Eastern Australia' has been published … [Read more...] about The Moon and Rainfall in Eastern Australia
The Fiction World of Rajendra Pachauri: Tony Thomas
HOW much do you really know about IPCC Chief Rajendra Pachauri and melting Himalaya Glaciers? ‘The Fiction World of Rajendra Pachauri’ by Tony Thomas is an easy to read, informative and insightful piece of investigative journalism available … [Read more...] about The Fiction World of Rajendra Pachauri: Tony Thomas
New Canal Development at Bottom of Murray Darling: With Freshwater
The South Australian government dammed the Murray River's estuary making lakes Alexandrina and Albert totally dependent on the Murray River. That was in the 1930s. More recently the South Australian government has been encouraging the … [Read more...] about New Canal Development at Bottom of Murray Darling: With Freshwater
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
