"Really new trails are rarely blazed in the great academies. The confining walls of conformist dogma are too dominating. To think originally, you must go forth into the wilderness." S. Warren Carey (Australian geologist) via Fred Singer. … [Read more...] about New Trails and Academia
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Summary of 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season
EVER since Hurricane Katrina and Al Gore’s movie ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ there has been a fear that every year will bring more destructive cyclones because of global warming. The 2008 hurricane season for the Atlantic officially ended on November … [Read more...] about Summary of 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season
2008 Likely to be Coolest of Decade
Global average for 2008 should come in close to 14.3C, but cooler temperature is not evidence that global warming is slowing, say climate scientists. Read more here. … [Read more...] about 2008 Likely to be Coolest of Decade
Hard Going at Climate Conference
There are some grim faces at the UN international climate meeting taking place now in Poland. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Hard Going at Climate Conference
Some Nuts Can be hard to Crack
Spare a thought for this scrub turkey unable to open that nut. I watched the bird struggle with it for quite a while at Alexandra Bay, Noosa National Park, on November 24, 2008. If only I’d had a parang, I would have opened the nut for the … [Read more...] about Some Nuts Can be hard to Crack
The IPA Review & Articles by Jennifer Marohasy
I have been a senior fellow with the Melbourne-based Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) for more than five years now. I have written a lot for the magazine, which used to be published by the IPA quarterly, but now comes out every two months. A … [Read more...] about The IPA Review & Articles by Jennifer Marohasy
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
