by Michael Minter | 24-11-21
There is nowhere in/around Yea where a Dog can legally be let off leash and run free and/or socialise with other dogs. A suggestion/proposal for a Dog Park to be established in Yea has been submitted to the Shire. The suggestion proposes an area at the North Western...
by Michael Minter | 31-10-21
Image from pexels.com Estimates for carbon dioxide storage in trees and soil go far beyond upper bounds of what peer-reviewed science suggests is possible The Morrison government’s 2050 net zero emissions plan relies on a “gross manipulation” of data that suggests...
by Michael Minter | 06-09-21
Image from pexels.com The findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggest Australia may have to jettison tracts of the bush unless there is a massive investment in climate-change adaptation and planning. Read this article from theconversation.com...
by Michael Minter | 11-02-21
Image from pexels.com There is one simple household item that can be used to clean basically anything in your house, and you probably have sitting in your kitchen. Dishwasher tablets have transformed our cleaning routines, with the powerful tabs removing even...
by Michael Minter | 10-02-21
Photo from Pexels Australia is teeming with cats. While cats make great pets, and can bring owners emotional, psychological and health benefits, the animals are a scourge on native wildlife. Cats kill a staggering 1.7 billion native animals each year, and have played...
by Michael Minter | 18-01-21
Photo by Emiliano Arano from Pexels The world’s oceans absorbed 20 sextillion joules of heat due to climate change in 2020 and warmed to record levels, a study has found. That quantity — expressed numerically as 20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules — is...
