Salt

“Unless you’re prepared to redo thirty years of scientific research yourself, the debate on this point [the salinity crisis] comes down to a pure question of comparative credibility,” wrote Professor John Quiggin in April 2004, click here. John … [Read more...] about ‘Australia’s Salinity Crisis: What Crisis?’ ask Ross Coulthart & Nick Farrow

CSIRO, Australia's largest scientific research organisation, released a two-part report* last Friday on 'water' in the Murray-Darling Basin, a region often referred to as the food bowl of Australia. The icon within this region is the Murray River … [Read more...] about Fudging Figures on Murray River Salinity: More Shame on CSIRO

Some time ago I was sent a link to a paper by Myanna Lahsen, an anthropologist who spent seven years studying climate modelers at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research. Her research findings seem to focus on what the modelers said, without … [Read more...] about Climate Models More Accurate Than Salinity Models

Regular commentator at this blog Ian Mott sent me the following email: Hello Jen, We have all grown accustomed to the notion that it is the removal of trees from the landscape that causes salinity. But recent research from the Argentine Pampas … [Read more...] about Can Trees Cause Salinity? Asks Ian Mott

Continuing my blog posts on salt ... Mick Keogh, from The Australian Farm Institute, wrote in the Australian Financial Review that, "Dryland salinity is a challenge that Australian farmers must continue to deal with, and cannot ignore. However, … [Read more...] about What the Farm Lobby Had Wanted: Salt Threat Grossly Exaggerated (Part 3)

The consensus from Australian scientists in positions of authority on the issue of 'river salinity' and the 'spread of dryland salinity' appears to be crumbling. As Mick Keogh wrote yesterday in The Australian Financial Review with respect to the … [Read more...] about Salt Threat Grossly Exaggerated (Part 2)