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A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. She hosted a children’s TV series on Channel Nine, and has done over 200 radio interviews, many on the Australian ABC. She was formerly an associate lecturer in Science Communication at the ANU. She’s author of The Skeptics Handbook which has been translated into 15 languages. Each day 5,000 people read joannenova.com.au

Only 6,000 years ago the world was warmer and the Sahara was lush, green and wet

New Study Finds The Early-Mid Holocene Sahara Had Lakes With Depths Of ‘At Least 300 Meters’

Joanne Nova

|2023-07-03T09:16:51-04:00July 3rd, 2023|Comments Off

Sweden axes renewable energy targets, shifts back to nuclear

The change means that nuclear generation can count towards the government’s energy targets.

Joanne Nova

|2023-06-26T09:04:47-04:00June 27th, 2023|Comments Off

Antarctic ice shelves are melting slower than they were 40 years ago

The fragile Antarctic ice shelves have barely changed in the last 40 years.

Joanne Nova

|2023-06-24T10:14:55-04:00June 24th, 2023|Comments Off

Peak ESG behind us: Investors throw out climate fantasies

The free market lives.

Joanne Nova

|2023-06-04T17:00:32-04:00June 7th, 2023|Comments Off

“80% renewables by 2030 is Bullshit” says former Snowy Hydro CEO

A transition would take 80 years, not eight.

Joanne Nova

|2023-05-05T12:12:54-04:00May 8th, 2023|Comments Off

The plague of mental illness in teenage girls

Gen Z girls are more anxious, more depressed, more likely to self harm and less happy, and not just a bit more, but in a seismic kind of way.

Joanne Nova

|2023-04-11T15:59:57-04:00April 15th, 2023|Comments Off

IPCC launches 666th final final warning of climate hell: AR6 is a “Survival guide to humanity”

Now that half the US knows that climate science has become a religion, let’s all thank the IPCC for working hard to convince the other half.

Joanne Nova

|2023-03-21T23:32:18-04:00March 24th, 2023|Comments Off

Kryptonite for fake science preachers: 60% of voters agree Climate Change is a religion

Word is spreading that the experts are more like prophets-of-gloom than disciplined researchers.

Joanne Nova

|2023-03-17T10:57:57-04:00March 18th, 2023|Comments Off

Let’s stop quakes with solar panels then?

University experts say climate change causes earthquakes.

Joanne Nova

|2023-02-18T12:54:26-05:00February 18th, 2023|Comments Off

Solar panel appears then disappears at Sydney temp station

Perhaps the BOM just thought no one would notice, and “it’s for a good cause, eh?” We can’t have the punters thinking Sydney was cooler today than in 1883.

Joanne Nova

|2023-02-04T15:03:25-05:00February 5th, 2023|Comments Off

It’s a cult: The WEF are the “select few” touched as saviors of the world to master the future

What would it look like if a doomsday cult had a billion dollars to spend on a skiing holiday?

Joanne Nova

|2023-01-19T20:34:09-05:00January 20th, 2023|Comments Off

13 US States warn that giant climate activists funds are buying up public utilities

Move over divestment and boycott — and move in activist shareholders wielding other people’s money.

Joanne Nova

|2022-12-23T09:38:31-05:00December 23rd, 2022|Comments Off

UK close to blackout, while 12% of Germany GDP pays for energy crisis

Green Europe is running out of electrons.

Joanne Nova

|2022-12-18T00:06:27-05:00December 17th, 2022|Comments Off

Tasmanian mega wind farm approved that can’t operate half the year

When does it make sense to build 122 giant industrial turbines that can’t operate for nearly half a year?

Joanne Nova

|2022-12-09T11:34:10-05:00December 13th, 2022|Comments Off

Climate lockdownz? You will be tracked in your suburb and happy about it.

The green agenda is taking inspiration from the illiberal days of lockdown.

Joanne Nova

|2022-12-07T19:02:13-05:00December 10th, 2022|Comments Off