Category Archives: marine organisms

Acidifying oceans highlight Australia’s climate policy barren

Posted on 9 May 2016 by Peter Boyer

While the world’s climate scientists wrestle with the mammoth issue of ocean acidification, the Turnbull government cuts research and fiddles in the margins. In the week of Scott Morrison’s first budget, 330 scientists holed up in Hobart were focusing on something … Continue reading →

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The crazy saga of the great CSIRO sell-off

Posted on 22 March 2016 by Peter Boyer

CSIRO’s death by 1000 cuts is creating international embarrassment for Australia. Competition isn’t everything. Communities also need people to be neighbourly, tolerant and well-mannered – the civilised attitudes and behaviours that bind us. Based on this need, we created public services … Continue reading →

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Danger signs from a warming ocean

Posted on 15 September 2015 by Peter Boyer

Jokes aside, our oceans are changing dramatically and permanently. [15 September 2014 | Peter Boyer] As immigration minister Peter Dutton observed last week, for all the wrong reasons, time matters little when water is lapping at your door. It was … Continue reading →

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