We all extrapolate from the specific to the general; it is how we learn to function in the world. It is also how we can get things very wrong. A black swan, for example, is often used to describe an event that comes as a surprise. England was … [Read more...] about The Fact Check Ruse – Part 5: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
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Good News About Corals – As Legislation Introduced to Devastate Farming
It is no coincidence that the latest Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) report claiming record high coral cover was released on the same day the net zero legislation passed the lower house of the Australian Parliament, on 4th August 2022. … [Read more...] about Good News About Corals – As Legislation Introduced to Devastate Farming
Latest Survey of ‘Coral Cover’ Fundamentally Unscientific
According to the latest Australian Institute of Marine Science report, there is record coral cover at the Great Barrier Reef. Yet this is less than 30 percent at about half of the reefs surveyed. The relatively low percentage cover is … [Read more...] about Latest Survey of ‘Coral Cover’ Fundamentally Unscientific
Experts with Money Ignorant of Corals – Part 4: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
I suspect Mike Emslie and crew from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) didn’t report on the colourful bleaching at John Brewer Reef on 6th March 2022 because they didn’t see any. They were tasked with reporting on bleaching during … [Read more...] about Experts with Money Ignorant of Corals – Part 4: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
Stonewalling on Contradictory Results – Part 3: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have been tasked with reporting on the state of the corals and coral cover at the Great Barrier Reef. They surveyed John Brewer Reef by underwater manta tow in March 2022, made no mention of any … [Read more...] about Stonewalling on Contradictory Results – Part 3: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
The End of an Era – Vale Patrick Michaels
There was a time when it was possible to point out an error by way of a rebuttal published as a note in a scientific journal – even in the journal Nature, even when it went against the catastrophic anthropogenic global warming agenda. The late … [Read more...] about The End of an Era – Vale Patrick Michaels
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
