Despite fearing more flood waters from Queensland into an already full system, South Australian premier says he can’t give his irrigators more water because of restrictive water-allocation cap. … [Read more...] about SA Irrigators Still on Restricted Allocation
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Bill Burrows on the Rockhampton Flood
SOME of you would have heard of Australian rangeland ecologist, Dr Bill Burrows. Bill, now retired, lives on the dunes at Emu Park with views of the flood plume flowing north from the Fitzroy River mouth. According to Bill this has been one of … [Read more...] about Bill Burrows on the Rockhampton Flood
Rhetoric from Climate Minister Disputed by Anthony Cox
MINISTER for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, believes in anthropogenic global warming. Send him a request asking he justify this belief and the reply is likely to be long and full of appeals to authority: “There is clear … [Read more...] about Rhetoric from Climate Minister Disputed by Anthony Cox
Cuts to Water Allocations Despite Flooding
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says it is important for work to continue on a plan to cut back water allocations along the Murray-Darling river system despite recent heavy flooding. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Cuts to Water Allocations Despite Flooding
Snowy Hydro – The Business: Part 1, by Max Talbot
OVER the last few weeks I have posted information suggesting that Snowy Hydro has not managed the vast waters under its control appropriately and in particular that it has failed to store flood waters for subsequence seasons and even exacerbated … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro – The Business: Part 1, by Max Talbot
More Photographs of the Flooded Fitzroy for Val
I visited Rockhampton on Monday and later posted some photographs of the racing Fitzroy. Val Majkus asked for more. This afternoon I decided to try for some images of the river east of the city, as it heads towards the Coral Sea. From Emu Park I … [Read more...] about More Photographs of the Flooded Fitzroy for Val
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
