It was raining this morning when I setoff on my morning jog around Green Lake just to the north of downtown Settle in the northwest of the United States. Because it was raining, I didn’t take my iPhone, so I don’t have a photograph of the woman who … [Read more...] about Writing instead of swimming
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Swimming with a Rare Giant Sting Ray — Yongala, 6 May 2024
There was just one eyewitness to Steve Irwin’s death. He said that the massive ray stung Irwin wildly across his chest with its tail, and that the barb pierced his heart, and he bled out. I swam with a massive ray last Monday morning at the Yongala … [Read more...] about Swimming with a Rare Giant Sting Ray — Yongala, 6 May 2024
Climate Change: A Natural Hazard – A Note from Bill Kininmonth
There has been a lot in the press about the recent spike in global temperatures, and claims have followed about how this has caused the oceans to warm and the corals to bleach. There has been a spike in global temperatures as measured by the … [Read more...] about Climate Change: A Natural Hazard – A Note from Bill Kininmonth
Coral Bleaching. What They Don’t Tell You
There was significant coral bleaching this last summer. It was remarkable at the Keppel Islands. But because scientists have been falsely calling it every year, this important fact is likely to be lost to our collective memory. It is also a … [Read more...] about Coral Bleaching. What They Don’t Tell You
Giving to the Sepik, on ANZAC Day
There were a couple of thousand of us at the dawn service this morning here in Yeppoon to commemorate ANZAC day – when Australian and New Zealand troops landed in Gallipoli one fateful morning in 1915. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has … [Read more...] about Giving to the Sepik, on ANZAC Day
Wrecked. Day 3. Part 3. Great Keppel Island, April 2024
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, it was going to storm on Sunday. Instead, the day broke calm and sunny. And so, Jenn (not me, there is another one) and M-J from Keppel Dive, took a few of us around to the very exposed Wreck Beach facing … [Read more...] about Wrecked. Day 3. Part 3. Great Keppel Island, April 2024
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
