by kapow | Jan 31, 2018 | Blog, Storms
King tides and extreme events It was predicted that on 6 December last year and 2 January 2018 the east coast would experience very high spring tides (often referred to as “king tides”). Tide tables based on astronomical pull forces of the moon and sun around these...
by kapow | Jan 18, 2018 | Authored Elsewhere, Latest News
Update: 2018 Coast to Coast Conference – Hobart, April 16 -20 Supporting Local Government – Coastal Hazard Management and Climate Adaptation at Coast to Coast 2018 Coast to Coast is Australia’s national coastal and marine management conference, an...
by kapow | Jan 14, 2018 | Blog, Sediments
Coastal Geomorphology 101 Any course in coastal geomorphology today would be vastly different to what I experienced in 1959 at Sydney University. It was a year of great change in subject matter not just for me as a student but also for our lecturer, Trevor...
by kapow | Jan 11, 2018 | Authored Elsewhere, Latest News
Presentation on Coastal and oceanic hazards and politics in Brazil Presented by the Queensland Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, Prof.Dr.Antonio Klein from the University of Santa Catarina (Brazil) will be talking about his experience working together with...
by kapow | Dec 29, 2017 | Blog, Government Policy
Bruce Thom Blog – Speaking Truth to Power In the summer edition of The Monthly, in an article on the former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs, the comment was made on how little the work she had devoted most of her...