Born Joanne Codling, she adopted the stage name "Nova" in 1998 when she was preparing to host a children's television program.
[8] From November 1999 to February 2000, Nova was the host of the first series of Australian children's science television show Y?
[11][12] The book was widely distributed in the United States by The Heartland Institute, known primarily for promoting pseudoscientific views on climate change and the harms of smoking.
[14] That year, she gave a presentation at the Heartland Institute, titled "The Great Global Fawning: How Science Journalists Pay Homage to Non-Science and Un-Reason.
"[15] Nova had a five-part debate on AGW with Dr. Andrew Glikson, first on Quadrant Online,[16] and continuing on her own blog.