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Death threats fail to shake climate scientists

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Australian Broadcasting - Jun. 04 (News) - A climate change scientist who has been targeted by death threats says the science community must still continue to release the latest research.

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Ash cloud slices into European economy

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Australian Broadcasting - By ELIZABETH JACKSON, Ashley Hall - Apr. 22 (Opinion) - ELIZABETH JACKSON: The hazardous ash cloud now extends from the Atlantic to the Russian capital and from the Arctic Circle to Austria. Some experts predict it could continue swirling around the continent for months and with the airline industry and European economies still reeling from the global financial crisis, neither can afford a flight shutdown for that long. Ashley Hall reports. ASHLEY HALL: No-one's quite sure when flights will return to normal. That depends on when the volcano finishes spewing its hazardous ash into the sky, and on the weather conditions. RICHARD ARCULUS: It'll go round in whirls. As long as this ash is produced and as long as it's getting into the atmosphere, it'll be driven wherever the winds take it. ASHLEY HALL: Richard Arculus is a professor of geology at the Earth Sciences Research School at the Australian National University. He says the volcano may continue erupting for weeks or months. RICHARD ARCULUS: North-west Europe is successively hit with various kinds of weather fronts, so it might go away for a while, but as long as the ash is being produced, the next time the wind is heading towards the south and south-east from Iceland; it'll affect north-west Europe again.

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Kenyan terrorist suspect 'planned attack in Australia' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Australian Broadcasting - By Andrew Geoghegan - Mar. 24 (News) - Kenyan police say a wanted terrorist travelling on an Australian passport, who was arrested and then mistakenly freed, is suspected of planning a terrorist attack in Australia last year.

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The psychology of climate change

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Australian Broadcasting - By argot O'Neill - Nov. 10 (Opinion) - Organisers of a youth rally told me earlier this year that climate change was the activist issue for their generation and that young people would turn out to protest in record numbers. When hundreds of young people showed up on the anointed day I thought - where are the rest? If this is the issue, where is the mass demonstration of dissent?

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Barack and McCain talk science...yes, really.

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Australian Broadcasting - By Natasha Mitchell - Aug. 31 (Opinion) - November is fast approaching, and Obama and McCain have just announced their running mates. It seems they're also finally getting around to announcing a few science policies too.

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Can science measure happiness?

Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Australian Broadcasting - By Natasha Mitchell - May. 18 (Opinion) - This weekend's edition of All in the Mind probes the science of happiness with a 5 header panel of eminent thinkers and researchers: The pursuit of happiness is a global obsession. But can science investigate its slippery, subjective nature? What are the metrics-- self report, brain activity, or the good deeds we do? Five world leaders in the field join Natasha Mitchell in conversation--neuroscientist Richard Davidson, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, Buddhist scholar B. Alan Wallace, psychologist Daniel Gilbert and philosopher David Chalmers.

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US climate change plan branded 'Neanderthal'

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Australian Broadcasting - By No author listed - Apr. 18 (News Report) - A new plan from US President George Bush which aims to cap greenhouse gases by 2025 has been dismissed as "disastrous" and "Neanderthal" by a group of ministers at a climate change meeting in Paris.

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Tariffs the real barrier to HIV treatment

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:46:04 -0700

Australian Broadcasting - By Tim Wilson - Aug. 03 (Opinion) - The close of the International Aids Society Conference in Sydney ended the publicity train of posturing activists and non-government organisations. In the conference's wake, it is time to refocus on ensuring access to HIV/AIDS medicines for the world's poor through real solutions, not political catchphrases. Two groups particularly active last week in Sydney have provided poignant examples of how discussion about serious science and public policy can be outshined by ideological PR campaigns. Oxfam Australia lays the blame on the increasing prevalence of HIV and AIDS in the developing world on the patent system and intellectual property for drugs. The executive director, Andrew Hewett, argued in ABC News Online that Thailand provides a "model" for dealing with treatment of HIV/AIDS

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