by kapow | Nov 26, 2020 | Blog, Government Policy
AUSTRALIA UNDER THREAT—WHAT TO DO NEXT? “The situation is hopeless. We must take the next step” (P. Casals). Unless there is a turn-around in global emissions, the planet is faced with a dire climate-driven future. Australia is recognised as a nation under great...
by kapow | Nov 7, 2020 | Blog, Climate Change
SHORELINE RESPONSES TO SEA-LEVEL RISE The topic of shoreline behaviour in relation to sea-level rise has long attracted debate. This is very evident in a response by Cooper et al. in Nature Climate Change ( “Sandy beaches can survive sea-level rise”, Vol 10, November,...
by kapow | Oct 25, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Port Stephens-Myall Lakes 1960 – Research Opportunities In 1960 as an honours student in Geography at University of Sydney, I was given an incredible gift. To be free to choose a topic and an area for thesis research, a choice in retrospect that guided my...
by kapow | Oct 14, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Port Stephens – Myall Lakes 1960 – the journey. Just 60 years ago I started my journey in coastal research. I had the good fortune of selecting the coastal strip between Newcastle in the south and Seal Rocks in the north as a study area for a fourth-year...
by kapow | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, Legal
LEGACY ISSUES AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT Coastal managers frequently find themselves in a quandary. Actions taken in the past, sometimes legally sometimes not, have left behind legacies which today are noted for adverse effects. In a world of increased population growth...
by kapow | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog, International
TYPHOONS AND HAINAN ISLAND, CHINA Australian scientists based at ANU in 1975 made contact with Chinese colleagues at Academica Sinica. There was a mutual interest in Quaternary geology, human prehistory, and environmental change. I was at ANU at the time and took...