FRENCH military general Napoleon Bonaparte is quoted as saying that, "A good sketch is better than a long speech.” Then there is the expression, ”A picture is worth a thousand words.” So, why have I spent so much of the last two decades … [Read more...] about My First Film: Beige Reef
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Senate Inquiry into Water Quality at the Great Barrier Reef: My Submission
Submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Identification of leading practices in ensuring evidence-based regulation of farm practices that impact water quality outcomes in the Great Barrier … [Read more...] about Senate Inquiry into Water Quality at the Great Barrier Reef: My Submission
Towards a New Theory of Climate with a New Book
AS the editor of the last book, and the next book, in the Institute of Public Affairs’ Climate Change: The Facts series I spend a lot of time pondering the nature of ‘facts’. A fact is something that has become known as true. A fact may be … [Read more...] about Towards a New Theory of Climate with a New Book
How to Evaluate the Evidence of Contrarians – Scientifically
FUNDAMENTAL to the scientific method is the assumption that reality exists independently of our belief systems; that there is such a thing as evidence, and that it matters. There seems to be general agreement on this point from both the left and … [Read more...] about How to Evaluate the Evidence of Contrarians – Scientifically
Found: 25 Hectares of Acropora at Stone Island
CORAL reefs in shallow waters adjacent to the Australian mainland are considered particularly susceptible to coral bleaching, and also smothering by sediment from turbid water. This was all lamented a week or so ago, including by Sussan Ley, the … [Read more...] about Found: 25 Hectares of Acropora at Stone Island
10 Days at the Magnificent Great Barrier Reef (Part 1, Whitsundays)
I'VE spent the last 10 days snorkelling, paddle boarding, and droning over the coral reefs of the northern and southern Whitsundays. I've been with a great crew including Clint Hempsall who has an underwater camera and he has taken so much footage … [Read more...] about 10 Days at the Magnificent Great Barrier Reef (Part 1, Whitsundays)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
