by ACS.Admin | Dec 22, 2022 | Blog
Protecting Nature: Art of the Impossible? In recent weeks governments around the world, including ours, have been striving to reach agreement on “protecting nature”. The UN summit held in Montreal aimed at reaching a global deal to secure the protection of 30 per cent...
by ACS.Admin | Dec 13, 2022 | Blog
Drainage Window Concept Every now and then a paper appears that catches the eye. I feel compelled to share my enthusiasm on one such paper. Over many years the Water Research Laboratory (WRL) of UNSW has been active in a range of estuary studies under the leadership...
by ACS.Admin | Nov 24, 2022 | Blog
Cootamundra Shoals Survey 1982 Occasionally one embarks on something that is adventurous, a little crazy, intellectually and physically satisfying, but incomplete. Here I am outlining an experience that should have been properly written up yet for a variety of reasons...
by ACS.Admin | Nov 10, 2022 | Blog
US Coastal Zone Management Act 1972: A Model for Australia? A week ago, I had the privilege of giving a plenary talk at the national climate change adaptation forum. I wish to thank Sarah Boulter for the kind invitation. It was a great occasion which brought together...
by ACS.Admin | Oct 26, 2022 | Blog
Great Barrier Reef—More or Less Gloom It is painful these days to write about the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). I do so with considerable hesitancy, but a few things recently have again highlighted how much its future means to all of us. It was pleasing to hear the...
by ACS.Admin | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog
Bondi Pavilion Reopened and Rejuvenated On 21 September I was kindly invited by the Mayor of Waverley Council, Paula Masselos, to the reopening event of the Bondi Pavilion (the ‘Pav’). It was a night to remember and a joy to behold to see this grand structure enter...