Jen, Here is a photograph of the King Tide yesterday, 12th January 2013, at Cleveland Point, Moreton Bay. The King Tides here, where I used to live from 1946 until the early 1950s, used to cover the lawn on this land by about an inch (25mm) or … [Read more...] about King Tide Not So High
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Metres of Sea-Level Rise: Climate Commissioner
WILL Steffen is the executive director of the Australian National University Climate Change Institute and also a member of the Australian Climate Commission. This is the Climate Commission established to provide all Australians with an independent … [Read more...] about Metres of Sea-Level Rise: Climate Commissioner
Bad Moon Rising
TIDES are a consequence of the gravitational attraction of the earth to both the moon and the sun with the moon generally being more than twice as strong as the sun because it is so much closer to the earth. The moon rotates around the earth with the … [Read more...] about Bad Moon Rising
Believing the Oceans Will Keep Warming
ANTHROPOGENIC Global Warming (AGW) theory is currently the most fashionable climate theory and its proponents have risked much by predicting a continuation in what has been a 150-year general warming trend. There are already some indications this … [Read more...] about Believing the Oceans Will Keep Warming
Supernovae Affecting Global Climate and Ocean Biodiversity and Productivity
REMEMBER Henrick Svensmark and Eigil Friis-Christensen and cosmic ray theory [1]: the idea from these Danish physicists and climate scientists that global climate may be mediated by changes in the flux of galactic cosmic rays because cosmic ray are … [Read more...] about Supernovae Affecting Global Climate and Ocean Biodiversity and Productivity
Beach Mounds Not Middens
WALKING on the beach this afternoon I took some photographs of beach mounds. I’m referring to piles of shells and pebbles regularly positioned between, and parallel to, the high and low tide marks. Are these beach mounds a consequence of the ebb … [Read more...] about Beach Mounds Not Middens
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
