FIRE in the landscape, or bushfire, is Australia’s most lethal and costly natural hazard. Big, uncontrollable bushfires can kill millions of trees and wild animals, thousands of farm animals, and sometimes humans too. Apart from deaths, bushfires … [Read more...] about Philosophising on Bushfires: A Note from David Ward
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Vale Ray Evans & How to Win an Argument
I first meet Ray Evans at a dinner at the Institute of Public Affairs. It must have been in about 2004, ten years ago, because I had just seen the movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’. Staring Dennis Quaid as a paleoclimatologist professor, the movie was … [Read more...] about Vale Ray Evans & How to Win an Argument
Flowers Can Follow Fire in Forests: David Ward
SOME say that fuel reduction burning harms the bush. Others say it creates and maintains healthy vegetation, and avoids uncontrollable wildfires. Natural science is unlikely to resolve the debate, since both sides can produce refereed papers to … [Read more...] about Flowers Can Follow Fire in Forests: David Ward
Bushfires Rage Because Whitefellas Don’t Know How to Manage The Australian Landscape
SO much of Australia is needlessly and brutally incinerated every summer. News reports focus on homes and lives and the brave fire crews. But, what about the native fauna and flora? It wasn’t always this way, and it shouldn't be so. As West … [Read more...] about Bushfires Rage Because Whitefellas Don’t Know How to Manage The Australian Landscape
Hazard Reduction, Only Proven Bushfire Management Tool
The Volunteer Firefighters Association (VFFA), the body representing the Voice of Volunteer Rural Firefighters in New South Wales, refutes the claim by green alarmists that climate change is the cause of the recent bushfires in New South … [Read more...] about Hazard Reduction, Only Proven Bushfire Management Tool
Bushfire Management in Australian Forests: A Note from Roger Underwood
THERE is an old saying that one of the greatest of human failings is the inability to learn from the mistakes of others. One example is that of my 2-year old grandson who, despite being warned, could not resist testing the heat of the stove, and got … [Read more...] about Bushfire Management in Australian Forests: A Note from Roger Underwood
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
