Hi Jennifer, There have been persistent rumours in the international wildlife community that some whales are going to be removed from the IUCN Red List. Probably this rumour origins from the High North Alliance’s press release'entitled 'Whales off … [Read more...] about Less or More Protection Needed for Whales? A Note from Ann Novek
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Food Safety Western Australia Style: A Note from Ian Edwards
Australia has one of the most rigorous and transparent gene technology regulation Acts in the world, and is achieving its objective in protecting the health and safety of people and the environment. This was one of the key findings of the Independent … [Read more...] about Food Safety Western Australia Style: A Note from Ian Edwards
ABC Belatedly Reports Macquarie Marsh Water Theft
ABC Online and ABC Radio National this morning suggested that "The New South Wales Government is under pressure to take action against landholders who have been accused of stealing water from the Macquarie Marshes in the state's north-west... "A … [Read more...] about ABC Belatedly Reports Macquarie Marsh Water Theft
Buyat Bay: On Australian TV Tuesday Evening
We have followed the 'Buyat Bay' saga at this blog beginning with my post entitled 'Did Newmont Do it?' in November 2005. And I was in Indonesia in April to visit Buyat Bay and hear the verdict in the criminal trial. Richard Ness and Newmont were … [Read more...] about Buyat Bay: On Australian TV Tuesday Evening
Some Weekend Reading from Marc Morano
1. Scientist who warned of coming ice age in the 1970’s is still standing behind global cooling prediction Excerpt: ‘Thanks to new evidence that Dr. Kukla only recently published, he now knows that global warming always precedes an ice age. That … [Read more...] about Some Weekend Reading from Marc Morano
Fish, Mud and Global Cooling
In 1998 Timothy Patterson from the Department of Earth Sciences at Carlton University, Canada, was funded to determine if there were regular cycles in West Coast fish productivity. The government was looking to establish appropriate fishing quotas … [Read more...] about Fish, Mud and Global Cooling
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
