by kapow | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts, Miscellaneous
HAMELIN POOL (Shark Bay, Western Australia) —AN ESTUARY? In writing the blog on estuary health and management, I was prompted to think about the diversity of estuary types around the Australian coast. Many have written on this topic. I am reminded of the work done...
by kapow | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog, Water
Estuary Health Lakes Entrance, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria. Last week I participated in a presentation by fellows of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry on national water reform. Jan Dolan, one of the...
by kapow | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog, Miscellaneous
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TEACHING—THE NEXUS IS IT BROKEN? Emphasis in higher education funding overlooks the fundamental nexus between teaching and research. Academics are driven by their training and inclination to pursue research questions. This is where they receive...
by kapow | Jun 21, 2020 | Blog, Book
Sandy beach morphodynamics – a new book It is a delight to see a new book that so comprehensively covers the field of beach morphodynamics. Derek Jackson and Andy Short have edited 29 chapters on this topic: Sandy Beach Morphodynamics, Elsevier, Amstersdam,2020,...
by kapow | Jun 7, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Cliffs in the Narrabeen Group, Sydney Cliffs form a magnificent front door for Sydney. A previous blog discussed those cut into Hawkesbury Sandstone to the south of the entrance to Sydney Harbour. Here we describe those carved into an older set of Triassic age rocks,...
by kapow | May 21, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
PROGNOSIS FOR A CHOKING MOUTH: THE RIVER MURRAY Some of the world’s major rivers no longer flow to the ocean. They begin to die from the mouth upwards. Extraction of river water for irrigation has dramatically affected the Colorado in the USA, and the Yellow River in...