Most safari outfitters offer a menu of game that clients can choose from. It's like shopping from a catalogue. Looking down these lists is slightly surreal. Everything is on offer, including porcupine ($250 - is it possible people really hunt … [Read more...] about A Catalogue of Animals to Shoot From
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The ‘Best Book on the Market’ according to Eamonn Butler
A lot of people blame 'market failure' for environmental problems like pollution or over-fishing. More often, though, it's political failure that causes the problems, by preventing markets from even existing. Like in water. As I explain in my new … [Read more...] about The ‘Best Book on the Market’ according to Eamonn Butler
Cosmic Rays, Clouds and Climate (Part 1)
There are a couple of emerging theories on clouds, and how they form, and in time these theories may blow away the current so-called consensus on anthropogenic global warming from carbon dioxide as a key driver of climate. One of these theories … [Read more...] about Cosmic Rays, Clouds and Climate (Part 1)
Kerry Emanuel Reconsiders Global Warming Impact on Hurricanes
One of the most influential scientists behind the theory that global warming has intensified recent hurricane activity says he will reconsider his stand. The hurricane expert, Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, unveiled a … [Read more...] about Kerry Emanuel Reconsiders Global Warming Impact on Hurricanes
Absence of Clouds Caused Cretaceous and Eocene Supergreenhouse
Biological productivity controls cloud formation and may be the lever that caused supergreenhouse episodes during the Cretaceous and Eocene, according to Penn State paleoclimatologists. "Our motivation was the inability of climate models to … [Read more...] about Absence of Clouds Caused Cretaceous and Eocene Supergreenhouse
University Newsletter: A Potential Target for Jo Abbess?
The April edition of Birmingham University's newsletter BUZZ incudes comment from climate researcher Chris Kidd that, "Despite these warmer temperatures and recent news of further ice-shelf melting, global temperatures do appear to be cooling after … [Read more...] about University Newsletter: A Potential Target for Jo Abbess?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
