by kapow | Oct 28, 2021 | Blog, Contributor
COASTAL FAMILY—THE ELIOTS Damara Infographic – Sediment Transport Fifty years ago I was introduced to a young family in Canberra—the Eliots. Father Ian had commenced his PhD research supervised by John Chappell at the ANU. At the time I was a new Research...
by kapow | Oct 10, 2021 | Blog, Government Policy
COASTAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: ROLES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT Australian Government’s roles, responsibilities, and powers with respect to environmental management in general, and coast in particular, has been the subject of interminable debate. Judith Wright...
by kapow | Sep 27, 2021 | Blog, Sediments
Sydney Harbour: Impact of contamination studies Sydney Harbour, its catchment and local government areas. Many have written on the beauty and values of Sydney Harbour. Perhaps no one has captured this better than Kenneth Slessor in his poem “Five Bells”. He also wrote...
by kapow | Sep 17, 2021 | Blog, Sediments
Geological indicators of seabed mobility – Narrabeen Beach (Sydney, Australia) Stratigraphic cross section off Narrabeen beach based on vibrocore and drilling data (Hudson and Roy, 1988) There are many gems hidden in the unpublished historic literature. They...
by kapow | Aug 30, 2021 | Blog, Climate Change
Strombus Bubonius (Photo credit: Irene Thom) Many of us are obsessed with the Last Interglacial (LIG or Stage 5e MIS). Between c. 130000 and 115000, global mean temperatures appear to have been slightly warmer by 1 to 2 degrees than present. Global mean sea level...
by kapow | Aug 18, 2021 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog
Over the past week or so, I have encountered five items of news related to coastal management that I would like to share with you. They are diverse in place and substance. It comes at a time when so many of us are concerned about the future of coastal environments and...