Following is the text* from a 'Special Climate Statement' entitled 'Climate conditions preceding the December 2006 southeast Australian bushfires'. The statement was issued on 19th December 2006 by the National Climate … [Read more...] about Climate Conditions & The December 2006 Bushfires in Australia
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Beware the Global Surface Temperature Record: A Note from Vincent Gray
I received the following note* from Vincent Gray. He began by wishing us all "the compliments of the season" and then lauched into a discussion of mean global surface temperature records: The theory that "Climate Change" is caused by increases in … [Read more...] about Beware the Global Surface Temperature Record: A Note from Vincent Gray
Weekend Reading, Christmas 2006
1. Ebenezer Scrooge got a bad press By David Rowe December 22, 2006 Charles Dickens’s sentimental 1843 work, A Christmas Carol, delivered to the world a character who has come to embody mean-spiritedness. Ebenezer Scrooge is represented as a cruel, … [Read more...] about Weekend Reading, Christmas 2006
Interested in the Environment? Looking to do a PhD?
A new partnership between the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) and the University of Queensland has resulted in the creation of a new 'Science and Environment Research Group' and 3 PhD Scholarships in Environmental Science and 1 in Environmental … [Read more...] about Interested in the Environment? Looking to do a PhD?
Thankyou & Best Wishes from Jennifer
There are people who visit this weblog everyday, some once a week, others pop-in after receiving my occasional e-news. Then there are those who just pass through having, for example, googled something like “global warming for dummies”. Last month … [Read more...] about Thankyou & Best Wishes from Jennifer
Season’s Greetings from Motty
Have a cool Yule, y'uall, The Mott family are about to indulge their old man with a week or more at the farm. They will spend a few days lamenting their lot and the absence of TV, Internet and a decent toilet whilst observing, bemused, as dad and … [Read more...] about Season’s Greetings from Motty
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
