Chasing Ice – a unique look at the biggest glacier calving ever recorded
This entry was posted on Friday, March 15th, 2013 at 8:19 pm
How we evolved to reject climate science
‘Catastrophe is a bit unsettling – I’ll stay in my comfy chair of denial thanks.’ Believing in a world that fits with our values feels good. To preserve the pleasant mental state we downgrade the threat.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 at 10:06 am
Dirty weather to become the new normal weather?
Will the increasing frequency of ‘dirty weather’ – extreme weather events linked to climate change – become the new norm?
This entry was posted on Monday, November 19th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
The carbon tax and how it impacts builders and owners
The carbon tax: Do you understand how it impacts builders and home owners?
Songlines for a new world?
WHAT IS AUSTRALIA FOR? Australia is no longer small, remote or isolated.
A land of (more extreme) droughts and flooding rains?
As we slide from the wet of a La Niña into what will probably be another El Nino year ahead, the eastern half of the continent will dry out again. Already Sydney has had the driest May for 150 years – hard on the heels of one of the wettest starts to the year. Or so it would seem, living in Sydney or Brisbane, yet, according to the actual data for the whole country, for the period April to September, it was drier than average across southern Australia in both 2010 and 2011. So local experience does not tell us about the bigger picture – a fact often lost on the likes of Alan Jones and Andrew Bolt.
This entry was posted on Monday, May 28th, 2012 at 10:52 am
Of fish stocks and urban sprawl
This week’s news contains two seemingly unrelated stories – urban planning and fish stock management – which together actually point to where things go wrong. But that also means we know where to change things, so they go right. That’d be nice.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 4:45 pm
What value Nature?
A recent study has attempted to put a $ value on our non-commercial natural resources.
This entry was posted on Monday, September 12th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Buildings & Carbon Tax – It Takes More Than 4 Lines to Explain…
How will the C-tax affect buildings, and why bother? Here is the full story from our point of view, with links to the real experts in the economics and science of the thing. Updated 20 october 2011
This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 at 11:55 am
Climate Science Links
Sick of the shock-jocks and deniers being the source of your ‘information’ on climate change? Want to get your information on climate change first hand? Try these links…
This entry was posted on Thursday, June 30th, 2011 at 10:09 am
Pain avoidance and the dying art of learning
…is humanity capable of change before it feels pain?
This entry was posted on Friday, June 17th, 2011 at 7:16 pm
Downtown Abbey and its lessons for our time
Boddice ripping period dramas are not usually my thing. But I suspect that when Julian Fellowes wrote Downton Abbey he had in mind the old addage about those who fail to learn the lessons of history being bound to repeat its mistakes.
This entry was posted on Monday, June 6th, 2011 at 6:23 pm
I have some good news, and some bad news…
Macquarie Marshes have lessons to teach us on landscape design
This entry was posted on Monday, April 4th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Whatever the future holds…
Carbon Tax or no Carbon Tax, a low carbon future still makes sense.
This entry was posted on Monday, April 4th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Back to the future – or is that onwards to the past?
The dumbed-down level of debate about a carbon tax devalues everything, including the participants and the outcome.
This entry was posted on Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
Julia’s C tax – what’s it all about?
A quick look at how a carbon tax will affect the average homeowner and business.
This entry was posted on Monday, February 28th, 2011 at 11:14 am
Media still prefer controversy over facts
Murdoch’s media never let the facts get in the way of selling a newspaper.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
No time for “I told you so”, but…
The Queensland floods are consistent with what the climate models predict, so get ready for more.
This entry was posted on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 at 10:33 am
“It’s no small thing to unlearn a way of thinking”
Tim Winton reflects; your choices on food, clothing and travel, drive the whole economic machine – do not underestimate your power.
This entry was posted on Monday, January 10th, 2011 at 1:44 pm
We will hurt ourselves badly before we wake up
Society will hurt itself badly before it changes behaviour. What can we do?
This entry was posted on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at 5:02 pm