Ian Bayly
Ian A. E. Bayly holds the degree of Doctor of Science and Bayly Bay in the Vestfold Hills near Davis Station is named in recognition of his contribution to Antarctic science. He is a former Vice-President of ACF.
He is the recipient of the Australian Society for Limnology Medal. He is still publishing scientific papers, being co-author of a chapter in the book Plankton published by CSIRO in March 2019.
Ian's recent articles
22 December 2024
Is humanity’s destiny Winton’s dystopian world?
I turned 90 recently after a long retirement following decades as an academic and an aquatic scientist working on the zooplankton of Australian and Antarctic waters. But now, every day of my life, there’s something deeply corrosive that eats into my psyche and it’s nothing to do with any fear or dread associated with my forthcoming demise which may not be too far away.
8 March 2021
The Australian newspaper: Decades of disservice to climate science, education
In the penultimate paragraph of my 2020 essay 40 Years of Climate Warnings ignored by Australian politicians, I presented a rogues gallery which included the Murdoch media for waging war against climate science over more than two decades. This article explores a rather extraordinary, decade-old episode in the climate wars involving the Australian newspaper which has received less attention than it deserves.
19 December 2020
Living in End Times: Denialism, Pentecostalism and Climate Science
Are we living in End Times? We are according to the Pentecostal eschatology to which Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Minister Stuart Robert, and some other Coalition MPs apparently subscribe.
15 August 2020
40 Years of Climate Warnings Ignored by Australian Politicians
Coronavirus will have a temporary effect on much of humanity but global warming will have a permanent impact on the whole of humanity. Our current federal government relies heavily on science to deal with the former but largely rejects it for the latter.