Monthly Archives: July 2012

Understanding sea level demands caution, patience

Not all our news can be rendered in short sound grabs and black headlines, which makes for problems in understanding implications of the science behind rising sea levels. [10 July 2012 | Peter Boyer] Patience is a virtue, my mother … Continue reading

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It won’t be easy to knock off the carbon tax

Tony Abbott may be determined to kill the carbon price scheme, but it’s a good bet that the system will beat him. [3 July 2012 | Peter Boyer] It took scores of deaths at sea to make it happen, but … Continue reading

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