by kapow | Aug 2, 2019 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog, Climate Change
Collaborative Science and Coastal Adaptation In July an important paper of international relevance was published in Frontiers and Marine Science titled “Collaborative science to enhance coastal resilience and adaptation”. The lead authors were C. Reid Nichols and Don...
by kapow | Jul 20, 2019 | Blog, Climate Change
CLIMATE CHANGE AND RELATIVITY – SOME PARALLELS Albert Einstein 1920 (Source: Pixabay) Science can be incomprehensible to many, yet it requires others to help communicate and apply great works such as those of Albert Einstein. Climate change science is also quite...
by kapow | Jul 14, 2019 | Blog, Contributor
DOUGLAS W. JOHNSON 1919 AND BEYOND D W Johnson (Image Source: National Academy of Sciences, Vol 24, 1946) One of my prized possessions are books written by Douglas Wilson Johnson. Who is he? I regard him as one of the fathers of modern geomorphology, especially...
by kapow | Jul 2, 2019 | Blog, Miscellaneous
The Sandiford Line (Diagram Source: M.Sandiford, 2007, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 261, 152-163) Meanderings around the Australian coast excite one’s interests in so many weird and wonderful ways. Long ago I was fascinated by the writings of Reg Sprigg on the...
by kapow | Jun 22, 2019 | Blog, Sediments
A Curiosity of Cusps It is often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For me a trip to the beach is enhanced when I see cusps. These delightful, rhythmic features are often so captivating in their geometric perfection that one cannot help pondering on the...
by kapow | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog, Government Policy
Federal Election 2019 and Coasts I am not sure how many Australians appreciated promises made about coastal issues during the recent federal election. Perhaps very few. This despite the fact that so much of our national well-being and livelihoods are dependent on...