A rather pregnant Northern Brown Bandicoot that has been visiting for the last few nights. This may be because: The populations of I. macrourus live in two different habitats: one during the dry season and the other during the wet season. During the dry season, this species lives in thick vegetation consisting of tall weeds, [...]
Archive of entries posted on October 2009
Waterfalls, monsters and ghosts
It was humid yesterday so we did the usual thing and escaped inland to the Atherton Tablelands for some relief. You wouldn’t believe how enjoyable a couple of hours sitting in an air-conditioned car can be on a humid day in the Wet Tropics. Environmentally unfriendly? Yes but some days can be unbearably humid so [...]
Captain’s log
From the UK’s National Archive: A new partnership between JISC, the University of Sunderland, the Met Office Hadley Centre and the British Atmospheric Data Centre has enabled the use of historical naval logbooks in ground-breaking research on climate change. The logbooks include the famous voyages of Charles Darwin’s ship, the Beagle, Captain Cook’s HMS Discovery and [...]
Assorted news
Cyclone season The Bureau of Meteorology has released their Tropical Cyclone Seasonal Outlook for the upcoming wet season and it looks like it’s not going to be very wet. The 2009-10 season is expected to be largely influenced by a comparatively weak El Niño event. Therefore rainfall and flooding should not be as extensive as [...]
