WE live at a time of so much misinformation and propaganda. What should we believe about global warming and sea level change: various claims, or what we can actually see in nature? On Monday 7th September, I plan to show Dr Peter Ridd and … [Read more...] about Sea Levels Falling, with Ridd and Roberts
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Great Barrier Reef Platitudes, More Dangerous Than Sharks
It has always been the case that the individual is expected to conform, and that there is hierarchy within myths. Myths are of course traditional stories, often explaining a natural phenomenon typically involving supernatural beings or events. … [Read more...] about Great Barrier Reef Platitudes, More Dangerous Than Sharks
Getting to the Truth: Who Cares? Perhaps the High Court
Many of us know that there is little to no quality assurance of much of the environmental science that comes out of universities across the Western world. Yet academics are the new demigods, revered by so many while often just making stuff-up to fit … [Read more...] about Getting to the Truth: Who Cares? Perhaps the High Court
University Appeal Upheld, Peter Ridd Loses – We all Lose
On 2 May 2018, Professor Peter Ridd was sacked by James Cook University for serious misconduct. It all started when he called-out his colleague Terry Hughes for falsely claiming healthy inshore coral reefs were dead from climate change and … [Read more...] about University Appeal Upheld, Peter Ridd Loses – We all Lose
Hottest Day Ever in Australia Confirmed: Bourke 51.7°C, 3rd January 1909
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology deleted what was long regarded as the hottest day ever recorded in Australia – Bourke’s 125°F (51.7°C) on the 3rd January 1909. This record* was deleted, falsely claiming that this was likely some sort of … [Read more...] about Hottest Day Ever in Australia Confirmed: Bourke 51.7°C, 3rd January 1909
The Useful Things
"To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life." TS Eliot So much thanks to each of the Queensland nurses who have just left for Melbourne… for doing the useful thing. … [Read more...] about The Useful Things
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.