One of the participants on the IPA Reef Rebels' tour said to me earlier this week, ‘But there is only one narrative, Jen’. It was during one of our wide-ranging dinner discussions about perspectives and politics and the Great Barrier Reef. The … [Read more...] about Rebels to the Coral Reef Cause (Part 5)
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Rebels to the Coral Reef Cause (Part 4)
It was so cold and rainy in Cairns on Tuesday, but it didn’t stop us getting on a cruise boat and going out to Moore Reef, which is part of the Great Barrier Reef. We went on the Sunlover day cruise with about 310 other paying customers. It … [Read more...] about Rebels to the Coral Reef Cause (Part 4)
Invitation to the Premiere of Our New Film – A Coral Bleaching Tragedy
The Great Barrier Reef has been around in various forms for more than 600,000 years. It has survived fluctuating temperatures and sea levels as ice-ages have come and gone, and Australia has drifted northwards. But is the latest episode of coral … [Read more...] about Invitation to the Premiere of Our New Film – A Coral Bleaching Tragedy
Rebels to the Coral Reef Cause (Part 2)
To the extent that it is possible for any human endeavour to be so, science is value-free. Science is a way of attempting to understand the world in which we live from a rational point of view, based on observation, experiment and tested theory. … [Read more...] about Rebels to the Coral Reef Cause (Part 2)
Rebels to the Coral Reef Cause (Part 1)
Everybody claims to care about the Great Barrier Reef, but very few people take the time to actually visit it. The reports of mass coral bleaching this past summer are mostly from aerial surveys flown at 150 metres altitude in aeroplanes and … [Read more...] about Rebels to the Coral Reef Cause (Part 1)
Counting Wettest Days, Half Way Down the East Coast of Australia
It has been raining a lot where I live, about halfway down the east coast of Australia. The year I started boarding school it also rained a lot, that was 1974 – another year of extreme rainfall. I remember the flooding back then. But this year … [Read more...] about Counting Wettest Days, Half Way Down the East Coast of Australia
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
