Monthly Archives: October 2023

It’s no surprise that a UN think-tank issued yet another dire warning last week about accelerating global extinctions, groundwater depletion, melting mountain glaciers, space debris and unbearable heat.  But this report, released by the UN University’s Institute for Environment and … Continue reading →

How is the battle against climate change going? The best measure is the amount of carbon dioxide in the air around us, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s baseline air pollution station in Tasmania’s far north-west delivers all the data we … Continue reading →

A century ago, with Europe at war and his beloved Ireland struggling to break free from its dominant neighbour across the Irish Sea, William Butler Yeats was drawn to ponder demagogues, crowds, and the dangers they posed to civility and … Continue reading →