Has the drought across southern Australia finally broken? According to ABC Rural Weather: "cloud is crossing western Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania with a trough, generating widespread rain. Low cloud is driven across southern … [Read more...] about Has the Drought Across Southern Australia Finally Broken?
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Counting Trees in Australia for Greenhouse Accounting
The National Greenhouse Accounts and Land Clearing: Do the numbers stack up? by Andrew Macintosh, at The Australia Institute, published January 2007. Australia’s capacity to meet its Kyoto target is contingent on a reduction in emissions from land … [Read more...] about Counting Trees in Australia for Greenhouse Accounting
The Rise of Environmentalism and Decline of Religion?
Green lobby must be treated as a religion By John Kay, In the Financial Times on 09 January 2007. Environmentalism offers an alternative account of the natural world to the religious and an alternative anti-capitalist account of the political … [Read more...] about The Rise of Environmentalism and Decline of Religion?
New Conservation Program Unlikely to Save Already Extinct Dolphin
On Tuesday the Zoological Society of London launched a new conservation called Edge. It’s an acronym for ‘ecologically distinct and globally endangered’ and was described in The Guardian newspaper as an ambitious project by British scientists to … [Read more...] about New Conservation Program Unlikely to Save Already Extinct Dolphin
Global Warming and the Statistics of Record-Breaking Temperatures: S. Redner and Mark R. Petersen
"Almost every summer, there is a heat wave somewhere in the US that garners popular media attention. During such hot spells, daily record high temperatures for various cities are routinely reported in local news reports. A natural question arises: … [Read more...] about Global Warming and the Statistics of Record-Breaking Temperatures: S. Redner and Mark R. Petersen
A Critique of The Stern Report: Part 1, The Science
Some months ago I suggested that media coverage of The Stern Report -- an assessment of the economics of climate change by a British economist for the British government -- was completely over the top. I also commented that from a quick scan there … [Read more...] about A Critique of The Stern Report: Part 1, The Science
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
