ACCORDING to Bill Gates, “You can achieve incredible progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress towards that goal.” This may seem basic, but it’s not practiced enough, and certainly not when it comes to rainfall … [Read more...] about Rainfall Forecasts Should be Benchmarked
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Why we should rally against homogenization, and I don’t mean of milk
I was invited to speak at the Liberal Democrats Conference in Sydney last Sunday. I began by explaining that while the delegates may have though homogenization was a term used exclusively for milk, that homogenization is also a technical term used … [Read more...] about Why we should rally against homogenization, and I don’t mean of milk
Nobody Lives in a World Climate: Professor Bob Carter 1942-2016
OUTSPOKEN critic of catastrophic global warming theory, Bob Carter, died in Townsville on Tuesday. Professor Carter did not like the term sceptic, he considered himself a rationalist, and popular usage of the term ‘climate change’ a tautology. As … [Read more...] about Nobody Lives in a World Climate: Professor Bob Carter 1942-2016
May Your Christmas be Replete with Food
LAST week I got to fly over the Murray River’s mouth and Coorong with two, hard-working, cross-bench Senators, Bob Day and David Leyonhjelm. That was immediately after the Senate Select Committee hearing in Goolwa*. You may yawn: issues discussed … [Read more...] about May Your Christmas be Replete with Food
Bob Carter Warms with Eiffel Tower Descent
THE Eiffel Tower was opened in 1889, and with an observation deck at about 300 m above ground level was then the highest human-construction on planet Earth. Professor Bob Carter, former Head of the Department of Earth Sciences at James Cook … [Read more...] about Bob Carter Warms with Eiffel Tower Descent
Will the Senate Select Committee Care About the Fish, or the Estuary?
I will be in Goolwa, just to the north west of the Murray River’s sea mouth, on Tuesday 8th December to give evidence to the Senate Select Committee on the Murray Darling Basin Plan. This committee is chaired by David Leyonhjelm, the … [Read more...] about Will the Senate Select Committee Care About the Fish, or the Estuary?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
