The Science Behind Peter Ridd’s Dismissal
New IPA resarch has highlighted the importance of the scientific issues behind the dispute that led to Peter Ridd being sacked by James Cook University.
Author: Jennifer Marohasy
New Reef Documentary Challenges Catastrophism
On 10 June 2021, the IPA premiered Dr Jennifer Marohasy’s latest documentary on the Great Barrier Reef: Finding Porites: The Old Corals With Our Climate History. Among the mysteries hidden in the depths of the Great Barrier Reef is the presence of the monster corals, Porites – are they alive or dead? Archival footage shows […]
Know Your Plates (Part 1)
Reef building hard corals in the order Scleractinia are animals that could be mistaken for plants. One of the most common such corals at the Great Barrier Reef is Acropora hyacinthus. At Myrmidon reef last December, we found ridges replete with these plates in various colours including brown and green. It was in the back lagoon […]
Who Ate the Green Plate?
I wasn’t the one who took that bite out of that green plate coral. Can you see what looks like a bite mark? It is at about 4 o’clock on the large, green, plate coral, which is also one of the transect photographs taken last week, on 22nd February at Pixie Reef by Leonard Lim. […]
Dr Jennifer Marohasy Speaks With Jo Nova On Climate Change: The Facts 2020
Join Jo Nova and Dr Jennifer Marohasy, former Director of the Australian Environment Foundation and current Senior Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs, as they discuss all things Climate Change: The Facts 2020 – the definitive guide to the latest international research and analysis on climate change science and policy. Together Jo and Dr […]
Naming a First Old Porites, Craig
Knowing the truth has always been a challenge requiring an amount of discipline. And it is getting that much harder in this age of disinformation. How can we distinguish reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda? Science used to be so useful for this. But many government-funded reef research programs now amass data to prove a […]
Measuring Old Corals & Coral Reefs (Part 2)
Late last year, I went on an expedition in search of a type of very old coral known as massive Porites. Stuart, Shaun and I dived five very different coral reefs between Cairns and Townsville. The first was an inshore fringing coral reef to the leeward side of High Island. High Island is close to […]
The Health Of The Great Barrier Reef With Dr Peter Ridd & Dr Jennifer Marohasy
IPA Senior Fellow Dr Jennifer Marohasy and Dr Peter Ridd joined IPA Members for an IPA Town Hall Talk earlier this month to discuss how the Great Barrier Reef is much healthier than recent media reports say, and to report on their own recent expeditions to the reef. They also talk about the IPA’s book […]
Dr Susan Crockford Talks To Jo Nova About Polar Bears and Climate Change: The Facts 2020
Are walruses the new polar bears – a heartrending icon of the devastation wrought by climate change on the arctic life? The Netflix documentary, Our Planet, would have us believe so. However, evolutionary biologist Dr Susan Crockford reveals how polar bears and walruses are in reality thriving in the Arctic – much against popular belief […]
Gardens of Old Porites, Without Sharks
It is often reported that the Great Barrier Reef is half dead, specifically that the corals are bleached, and the water quality is degraded with pesticides and plastics. If I didn’t know better, I might never want to visit a coral reef, lest I be forced to confront this reality – apparently all our fault. […]