The hundreds of forest and plantation fires burning in Sumatra are choking out Malaysia. Greenpeace have commented that "the 1997 fires in Indonesia's rainforests added as much carbon to the atmosphere as all the coal, oil and gas burned in Western … [Read more...] about Burning Sumatra
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The Troposphere is Warming
Three new research papers debunk earlier research that showed the planet was not warming up, according to ABC Online. The news report states: In 1990, study of data collected by the University of Alabama satellite found that the atmosphere's … [Read more...] about The Troposphere is Warming
ABC TV Got it Half Right on Rangeland Management
ABC Television program Catalyst ran a story last night featuring the work of botanist Rod Fensham. Fensham has done some great research work on Queensland's rangelands. But the program, by putting a popularist spin on it all, did our rangelands and … [Read more...] about ABC TV Got it Half Right on Rangeland Management
On Jared Diamond and Environmental Law
I had mentioned that I was reviewing Chapter 13 of Jared Diamond's not so new book 'Collapse'. There have been some offline requests for copies of the review which has now been published by British Journal Energy and Environment. The chapter can be … [Read more...] about On Jared Diamond and Environmental Law
Greenpeace Needs a New Campaign
Greenpeace has been running a kept Australia GE free campaign for some time. The campaign should have got a boost over the last couple of weeks with findings of minuscule, but detectable quantities, of GM material in Australian canola. The material … [Read more...] about Greenpeace Needs a New Campaign
On Politics (Part 1)
I am amazed at how many comments on this web-log prove at least the first part of the following proposition: The left think the right are evil, and the right think the left are dumb. People with such a narrow world view really should get out and … [Read more...] about On Politics (Part 1)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
