A VERY large American philanthropic organisation based in Philadelphia, PEW, has a few projects on at the moment. In Washington DC it’s renovating and refurbishing a building in what it describes as “the heart of the nation’s capital”. According to … [Read more...] about American Activists Target Australian Fishers
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Climate Sceptic to Run Climate Research?
President Nicolas Sarkozy's desire to appoint an outspoken climate-change sceptic to a new French super-ministry of industry and innovation has drawn strong protests from party colleagues and environmentalists... Putting him in charge of scientific … [Read more...] about Climate Sceptic to Run Climate Research?
Relative Humidity has been Falling
Correlation is not causation. But it is always exciting to see a good correlation between two variables that one assumes will correlate because of some theory or other. According to the ‘Saturated Greenhouse Effect’, a controversial theory … [Read more...] about Relative Humidity has been Falling
Demonstrating Support for Seal Harvest
Canada's governor-general Michaelle Jean has sparked anger from animal rights groups by gutting a seal carcass and eating a piece of its heart. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Demonstrating Support for Seal Harvest
Reconnecting with the Coorong
I first learnt about The Coorong – a narrow lagoon that runs parallel with coastal dunes for 140km in southern Australia – when I saw the 1976 film ‘Storm Boy’, the story of a boy and a Pelican. The impression I got from the film, and then … [Read more...] about Reconnecting with the Coorong
Gaia – Saved by the Seas
THE idea that the earth’s physical and biological systems adjust to perturbation through feedback systems is central to James Lovelock’s Gaia theory. Let me declare upfront that I don’t subscribe to this theory because I don’t see the earth as a … [Read more...] about Gaia – Saved by the Seas
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
