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In the dark, without headlights, headed for a cliff

We are now enduring the second election campaign since a University of Tasmania neuroscientist, Lila Landowski, drew attention in the Mercury’s Talking Point pages to the fact that ours is the only Australian state without a chief scientist. It may … Continue reading

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A small victory in the battle against denialism

Last week a Washington DC jury awarded over $1 million to a prominent climate scientist for damages inflicted on him by a couple of conservative writers who likened his work to child molestation. It was a reckoning 25 years in … Continue reading

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Climate whiplash – a 21st century disorder

Whiplash is the most common road trauma injury, caused by the head moving suddenly one way and back the other. It’s also a fitting description for what climate change is doing to people’s minds.  “Climate whiplash” has been coined by … Continue reading

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