I am guessing that Neil Hewett and his family have spent the day preparing for Cyclone Larry. The cyclone is already a category 4 (225-279 km/hr winds) and expected to intensify before crossing the coast somewhere south of Cairns (and the Daintree) … [Read more...] about Cyclone Larry Intensifies
Climate & Climate Change
Global Warming: More Water, But Not More Floods
After reviewing more than 100 peer-reviewed studies, Thomas Huntington from the United States Geological Survey, has concluded that there is more water circulating as a consequence of global warming. This includes more rainfall and more evaporation, … [Read more...] about Global Warming: More Water, But Not More Floods
Good News: Krill & Phytoplankton Thriving off Antarctica
Scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Co-operative Research Centre have just returned from a 10-week survey of the Australian Antarctic Territory where, according to Dr Nathan Bindoff, they saw … [Read more...] about Good News: Krill & Phytoplankton Thriving off Antarctica
Emissions Trading Just Another Tax: Ray Evans
Last month The Lavoisier Society published a document titled 'Nine Lies About Global Warming' in which Ray Evans draws a comparison between the issuing of taxi licenses and carbon trading. He writes: "A number of economists have climbed onto the … [Read more...] about Emissions Trading Just Another Tax: Ray Evans
Impact of Agriculture 10,000 Years Old
Clark Spencer Larsen form the Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, has recenty published a paper in Quaternary International outlining how agriculture was impacting on the environment, including climate, 10,000 years ago. Titled, … [Read more...] about Impact of Agriculture 10,000 Years Old
IPCC ‘Scientists’ Exaggerated, and Then Exaggerated Some More
I am concerned about increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from the burning of fossil fuels. And I am concerned by the many reports in the media about how increasing carbon dioxide levels will drive global warming and that this will harm the … [Read more...] about IPCC ‘Scientists’ Exaggerated, and Then Exaggerated Some More

Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
