Joanne Nova, Author at CFACT

About Joanne Nova

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

After a trillion tons of CO2, the Great Barrier Reef hits record coral cover third year in a row

The most detailed underwater surveys show that corals are more abundant than we have ever seen them.

By Joanne Nova |2024-07-01T10:15:56-04:00June 30th, 2024|Comments Off

On a bad day $20 billion in wind power across Australia can only guarantee as much power as two diesel generators

How much back-up do we need for our 11.5 gigawatt wind system? About 11.4 gigawatts.

By Joanne Nova |2024-06-17T12:10:24-04:00June 16th, 2024|Comments Off

VW takes €60 billion out of the EV budget and puts it back into combustion cars

EV manufacturers are backing away slowly from the Great EV Debacle.

By Joanne Nova |2024-06-10T10:58:41-04:00June 9th, 2024|Comments Off

The monster called “climate change turbulence” is an imaginary phantom

If climate change is making turbulence worse, pilots and planes haven’t noticed.

By Joanne Nova |2024-06-01T15:58:14-04:00June 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Nuclear versus Renewables: The only cost that matters is the one the customers pay

Games with levelized guesses don’t take all the hidden costs into account

By Joanne Nova |2024-05-24T16:07:52-04:00May 26th, 2024|Comments Off

Tell the world, the Dutch tractor protests and their war on Net Zero won

The forced farm reclamations will stop, mandated heat pumps are out, electric car subsidies are going and in a brave scientific move, no one will be culling livestock to change the weather.

By Joanne Nova |2024-05-21T20:28:48-04:00May 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

There just might be 74 million reasons environmental charities ignore eagles and whales, and reject zero emission nuclear

Renewable billionaires would be crazy if they weren’t funding “Environmental Activists”

By Joanne Nova |2024-05-20T09:50:26-04:00May 19th, 2024|Comments Off

Young adults losing the climate faith in the US, and only one third of voters think the IPCC experts are right

Climate change concerns dip.

By Joanne Nova |2024-05-11T06:05:06-04:00May 14th, 2024|Comments Off

In hot ancient Rome it’s not the heat, but the cold that align with plagues

The Roman Climate Optimum lives.

By Joanne Nova |2024-04-22T08:58:20-04:00April 20th, 2024|Comments Off

Academics “bewildered” that UN drops bugs, crickets and fake meat for weather-repair

For the first time ever, some activists even called for “transparency.”

By Joanne Nova |2024-03-26T09:29:55-04:00March 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Cannibalism to save the world? New Scientist opens that door

Next step: sustainable human steak?

By Joanne Nova |2024-03-04T10:51:18-05:00March 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

China built 47GW of coal power last year and is “way off track” to meet emissions targets

Who is building coal? Of the 107 countries they tracked, one country built 47 gigawatts. The other 106 countries combined built 22 gigawatts.

By Joanne Nova |2024-02-26T09:16:53-05:00February 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Farmers win: Major EU backdown on farming emissions and regulations

Europeans to continue eating.

By Joanne Nova |2024-02-12T09:22:37-05:00February 8th, 2024|Comments Off

Green backdowns — Chaos and division strikes UK Labour and German Greens over climate targets

Politicians finally seem to realize the voters don’t want to spend big money on climate change.

By Joanne Nova |2024-02-05T10:41:35-05:00February 4th, 2024|Comments Off

One third of UK teenagers think climate change is deliberately exaggerated

Despite being raised on non stop media propaganda and being drip fed the climate bible in school, one third of teenagers have somehow figured it out anyhow.

By Joanne Nova |2024-01-27T10:51:13-05:00January 28th, 2024|Comments Off