Dear Jen Yesterday was the highest tide of the year and the highest for the last 12 months and the photo of the sea level against this old sea-wall, I took this morning at the top of the tide at slack water. We built this wall 48 years ago … [Read more...] about Nerang River and Sealevel Rise
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Conservatism and Inland Water Management: A Note from David Boyd
I think it was John Howard who once described a conservative as someone who did not believe that everything his grandfather said was necessarily wrong! Nobody could accuse present day water managers (bureaucrats and attention seeking scientific … [Read more...] about Conservatism and Inland Water Management: A Note from David Boyd
National Broadcaster Willfully Ignores the Evidence
A week ago, our national broadcaster, the ABC, interviewed both Stewart Franks, Newcastle University, and David Karoly, Melbourne University, on the alleged impact of global warming on the floods. Professor Karoly blamed carbon dioxide and his … [Read more...] about National Broadcaster Willfully Ignores the Evidence
Tony Windsor Willfully Ignores the Evidence
THE ability to perceive anomaly - something that deviates from what is considered standard - is important for the progress of science and also good public policy. Until the recent widespread flooding in Australia, water planning in the Murray … [Read more...] about Tony Windsor Willfully Ignores the Evidence
Snowy Hydro – Water Management: Part 3, by Max Talbot
"THE 75 year Snowy Water Licence (issued in 2002) provides flexibility to Snowy Hydro to store and release the Scheme’s water resource for electricity production and derivative trading and sub-optimises the use of the water for irrigation, … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro – Water Management: Part 3, by Max Talbot
Queensland Premier establishes Commission of Inquiry into flood disaster
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has launched a statewide independent Commission of Inquiry to forensically examine Queensland’s unprecedented flood disaster. Ms Bligh said the Commission would be headed by widely respected Queensland Justice Cate … [Read more...] about Queensland Premier establishes Commission of Inquiry into flood disaster
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
