by Sarah Joyce | May 19, 2022 | Blog, Water
Lament for Estuaries? Over the past few years I have had the opportunity of participating in deliberations related to the health of certain Australian estuaries including coastal lakes. It has opened my eyes even more to an array of concerns that are captured by the...
by Sarah Joyce | Apr 27, 2022 | Blog, Storms
East Coast Floods 2022 Devastation in recent months along the east coast as a result of floods is not new. Back in 1974, Moss Cass, Minister for Environment in the Whitlam Government, pronounced in no uncertain terms “flood plains are for floods”. He was referring to...
by kapow | Apr 11, 2022 | Blog, Storms
East Coast Weather ‘Traffic Jam’ Repeated storms of autumn along the east coast are not something new. I was struck by an account in The Australian 27/3/22. Reference was made to a meteorological “traffic jam” as the cause of our flooding woes. This statement was in...
by kapow | Mar 29, 2022 | Blog, Contributor
VALE: Paul Bishop When I joined the Department of Geography at Sydney University in 1985, it was a pleasure to meet Paul Bishop who had just completed his PhD at Macquarie University. He had an adjoining office with another tutor, Peter Cowell, and it was obvious that...
by kapow | Mar 24, 2022 | Blog, Government Policy
Exposure and vulnerability of various natural and human systems to climate change are discussed at length in the latest IPPC report (6th Assessment Report on impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation). IPCC again used the “burning embers” diagram to highlight levels of...
by kapow | Feb 25, 2022 | Blog, Government Policy
Recent federal coastal initiatives – February 2022 In recent weeks there have been two initiatives that place the Australian Government back into coastal management in a direct way. While these are most welcome, it will be important to monitor how they are...