July 18th, 2022 by Peter Ridd, Organizer
Dear All,
It is now nine months since the High Court decision (Ridd v JCU) was handed down and I thought donors to that legal action might be interested in what has happened in the meantime.
As you will recall, the HC ruled that JCU acted unlawfully in censuring me for my comments on the Quality Assurance of Great Barrier Reef (GBR) science, but was allowed to fire me for speaking about JCU’s unlawful behaviour. I have been working with Morgan Begg from the IPA on a new volume that will analyse the case in detail. Contributors include Chris Merritt, legal correspondent for The Australian, James Allan (Law Professor at the University of Queensland), and Aynsley Kellow (Emeritus Professor at U. Tasmania). The aim is to make sure as much as possible is learned and documented for future work to improve academic freedom of speech.
This will draw a line under those legal proceedings.
The issue of quality assurance of GBR science, which sparked the legal action, is never far from my mind, and I have been assisting Jennifer Marohasy in making a couple of high-quality films about the GBR. You have doubtless heard about the latest bad news of the bleaching on the Reef. Do you ever wonder if there might be more to the story? Jennifer will be releasing her new film shortly and there is a premier viewing on Sunday for those living in Brisbane. 24 July 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Newfarm Cinemas 701 Brunswick St.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/premiere-a-coral-bleaching-tragedy-and-the-measure-of-the-gbr-tickets-377020146407
[ + ] Nosferatjew
[ - ] Nosferatjew 2 points 1 monthMar 26, 2025 11:59:56 ago (+2/-0)
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[ + ] Osmanthus
[ - ] Osmanthus 0 points 1 monthMar 26, 2025 17:13:54 ago (+0/-0)
Notice the word "first".
[ + ] SocksOnCats
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We need more well designed web sites which catalog, in an organized fashion, all of the leftist failures and bullshit.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MUuJ1sAmA0
I thought that the lapse rate (air is colder at higher altitudes) was due to gravity, but Peter Ridd goes into the details of radiative transfer within the atmosphere. The easy to calculate bit (no convection, no weather) leads one to expect a huge green house effect. The hard to calculate bit (with convection and weather) is pretty much too hard to calculate, but it is what we experience and currently live with. More carbon dioxide probably means more convection, taking heat higher into the atmosphere, but only modest increases in surface temperatures.
That is a little disappointing. I live in Scotland and would welcome a ten degree centigrade increase in surface temperatures. As it is, I once again face enduring the bitter cold of the Scottish summer.