Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
News 3 new results for volcanoes Volcanoes keep eruptingmsnbc.comMt. Etna in Sicily, which erupted for the third time this year, rarely causes damage. In Hawaii, though, Kilauea is consuming the town of Royal Gardens. NBC’s Lester Holt has more.See all stories on this topic » Etna has its Third Major Eruption of 2012Wired NewsThe Italian Continue Reading →
Giant green Antarctic algae visible from space By Brigid Andersen Posted March 05, 2012 13:05:16 Photo: A map showing the location and size of an algal bloom off the coast of Antarctica in March 2012. (Australian Antarctic Division) Map: Antarctica A field of vivid green algae so large it can be seen from space is Continue Reading →
Light rail may displace 200 buses an hour Jacob Saulwick March 5, 2012 Read later Unsustainable … Sydney’s bus back-up. Photo: Quentin Jones SOME peak hour buses entering Sydney’s central business district from the north will be redirected to the Cahill Expressway and the Western Distributor to push them out of the centre of the Continue Reading →
Andrew Glikson Geospec@iinet.net.au 6:02 PM (3 minutes ago) to me 1. Not a cluster of “97 volcanoes” but of “97 tornados” ( AMENDED) 2. Its basic science, the higher the temperatures, i.e. higher energy, the higher the intensity of warm air plumes rising from the ground and developing into tornados. 3. Surprise, surprise. The non-attribution Continue Reading →
We must not be lulled a false sense of security. Think long term. Rainy days do not long-term climate make by: Tim Flannery From:The Daily Telegraph March 02, 201212:00AM 1 AFTER a decade of record-breaking drought in southeastern Australia where our water supplies for our capital cities were perilously low, it’s raining. Over the past Continue Reading →
Gasoline worse than diesel when it comes to some types of air pollution Posted: 02 Mar 2012 04:39 PM PST The exhaust fumes from gasoline vehicles contribute more to the production of a specific type of air pollution-secondary organic aerosols -than those from diesel vehicles, according to a new study. You are subscribed to email Continue Reading →