Rita hit the US mainland (near Port Arthur, Texas) as a category 3 hurricane last night. This will put Rita in the US National Hurricane Centres 'major hurricane' category. It is starting to really look like there has been a recent significant … [Read more...] about Climate Change
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Quote for this Week
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell ............................ And I might post another 'quote for the week' next Friday. So feel free to send me your best quote for … [Read more...] about Quote for this Week
PM Announces Support for Biofuels
The Prime Minister has just announced: Today I am pleased to release the report of the Biofuels Taskforce. I commissioned the Taskforce in May of this year to examine the latest evidence on the impacts and benefits of ethanol and other … [Read more...] about PM Announces Support for Biofuels
Killing Elephants
Up TO 10,000 elephants, including whole families, are facing slaughter as South Africa prepares to end its ten-year ban on culling according to various news reports, including at Times Online. The South Africa government is expecting an outcry from … [Read more...] about Killing Elephants
‘Red Poles’ Also Costs Lots
Louis was perhaps somewhat baffled by my recent post on salinity. A reader of this weblog who lives closer to the issue sent in this comment from 'The Ringer', Download file. It perhaps provides an additional perspective. The Ringer suggests the … [Read more...] about ‘Red Poles’ Also Costs Lots
Good News for Four Dolphins
The NOAA Fisheries Service and the Marine Life Aquarium of Gulfport, Miss., working with a number of other partners, rescued the last four of the eight trained bottlenose dolphins that were swept out of an aquarium tank torn apart by the storm surge … [Read more...] about Good News for Four Dolphins
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
