by kapow | Sep 5, 2017 | Blog, Storms
Hurricane Harvey and its implications I visited New Jersey a few months after super-storm Sandy and then before that was Katrina. Historically there have been many disastrous hurricanes along the US east and gulf coasts. Yet questions continue to be asked about the...
by kapow | Sep 1, 2017 | Blog, Climate Change, Miscellaneous
Gippsland (Victoria) and relative sea level rise Way back in 1972, Don Wright, Jim Coleman and I wrote a short paper on “Emerged tidal flats in the Ord River Estuary, Western Australia” (Search, 3, 339-341). It is a pity that a journal like Search no longer exists to...
by kapow | Aug 27, 2017 | Blog, International
US Office of Naval Research and the Australian Coast It is an interesting question as to the extent the Australian Defence system makes use of academic literature, in particular that involving coastal research. When I was on the Faculty of Military Studies (UNSW)...
by kapow | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous, Water
Managing the unique wetlands of Gippsland Lakes From a personal perspective, I am very indebted to all those who have undertaken studies of the Gippsland Lakes. In particular, I must pay tribute to Eric Bird. In 1960, I was shown a copy of his just completed PhD...
by kapow | Aug 10, 2017 | Blog, Legal
Lifecycle of coastal environmental law “Environmental laws have a lifecycle, like any organism. In this body of law, there are five phases”. These are the words of James Thornton from his book with Martin Goodman entitled Client Earth (Scribe, 2017). This is an...