"Faith is a belief held without evidence. The scientific method, a loose collection of procedures of great variety, is based on precisely the opposite concept, as famously declared by Thomas Henry Huxley: The improver of natural knowledge absolutely … [Read more...] about Faith, Scepticism and Climate Change
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Let People Sell Tigers: Message from Sustainable Development Network
"The Sustainable Development Network (SDN), a coalition of people-oriented conservation groups, today called upon delegates to the CITES meeting in The Hague to reconsider the ban on sale of tiger parts, which it says is undermining effective … [Read more...] about Let People Sell Tigers: Message from Sustainable Development Network
Flooding And Big Surf
There was flooding and big surf along the New South Wales coast yesterday. I drove down to Forster last night and thought I would check out the surf this morning. I watched one guy brave the very large waves. He caught a couple and then came in … [Read more...] about Flooding And Big Surf
G8 Declaration on Fighting Climate Change
Climate change has dominated discussions at the three day summit of the Group of Eight (G8) leading industrial economies which began on Wednesday in Heiligendamm, Germany. Those section of the G8 Summit Declaration of the 7th June 2007 which relate … [Read more...] about G8 Declaration on Fighting Climate Change
A Critique of James Hansen’s Testimony to the US House Select Committee
"A new report published today by the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change challenges NASA scientist James Hansen's claims of a dire global warming future. In the report, physicist Sherwood Idso and agronomist Craig Idso conducted … [Read more...] about A Critique of James Hansen’s Testimony to the US House Select Committee
IPCC Too Optimistic on Fossil Fuel Supplies
"The issues of climate and future temperature increases have become part of our everyday life, and central in this debate is carbon dioxide. The fossil fuels we use contain carbon and hydrocarbon compounds, and carbon dioxide is released together … [Read more...] about IPCC Too Optimistic on Fossil Fuel Supplies
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
