For the first time a globally coherent solar cycle response to the surface temperature has been established. Charles Camp and Ka Kit Tung report in Geophysical Research Letters (DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030207) that global temperatures oscillated by 0.2C … [Read more...] about Climate sensitive to solar cycles and CO2 – a note from Luke
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Richard Ness Sends A Letter To ‘Friends of the Earth’: A Blog Post from Eric
Earlier this week the Australian chapter of 'Friends of the Earth' posted a statement on their website in response to comments made by Australian Senator Ian Macdonald. The press release stated: National environmental organisation, Friends of the … [Read more...] about Richard Ness Sends A Letter To ‘Friends of the Earth’: A Blog Post from Eric
Commercial whaling ends in Iceland and starts in Africa? A Note from Ann Novek
Nearly one year after Iceland resumed commercial whaling, the country has decided to not issue new whale hunting quotas until market demand increases and gets an export license from Japan. “Iceland's fisheries minister, Einar K. Guofinnsson, told … [Read more...] about Commercial whaling ends in Iceland and starts in Africa? A Note from Ann Novek
The evolutionary power of persuasion
Why would a fungus want or need to create light? According to the Wet Tropics Management Authority, no one knows why many species use bioluminescence, but across its incredible evolutionary history, in circumstances of such windlessness, the fungi … [Read more...] about The evolutionary power of persuasion
The French Mix Pulp Mills & Wineries: A Media Release from Barry Chipman
The Australian media has been in a frenzy over a proposed pulp mill for the Tamar Valley in Tasmania. Most recent objections have included the idea that the mill should be located away from wineries. Yesterday, Barry Chipman from the NGO Timber … [Read more...] about The French Mix Pulp Mills & Wineries: A Media Release from Barry Chipman
Giving the Narwhals a Voice: A Note from Ann Novek
In a recent whaling thread Andy Ottaway, director of the anti-whaling NGO, Campaign Whale, wrote “If whaling can’t be conducted humanely , it should not be conducted at all”. There is a real unwillingness to address the issue of aboriginal whale … [Read more...] about Giving the Narwhals a Voice: A Note from Ann Novek
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
