by kapow | Jan 5, 2019 | Blog, Climate Change
COASTAL RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION During this past year, I have had the opportunity of working once again with Don Wright, formerly a colleague at Sydney University now based in Florida. Don and colleagues have been involved in producing collaborative reports in the...
by kapow | Dec 17, 2018 | Blog, Sediments
CLIFF-TOP DUNES Ever since my undergraduate days, I have been fascinated by pits in sand deposits around the eastern suburbs of Sydney. I grew up in Rose Bay. Trevor Langford-Smith had me digging a pit in the backyard of our home in Roberts Street. This was part of a...
by kapow | Dec 15, 2018 | Blog, Climate Change
The whereabouts of climate change adaptation Since the late 1980s climate change adaptation has received limited consideration by the Australian Government. Mitigation continues to dominate the national discourse. Addressing adaptation challenges of the “new normal”...
by kapow | Dec 2, 2018 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog
Observations from a long time marine debris collector. As with most other Australian Coastal Society members, I have been a salt water person for as long as I can remember, back to being taken to South Cronulla Beach as a two or three year old. While not academic or...
by kapow | Dec 2, 2018 | Blog, Sediments
Backbarrier flats – a relic coastal landform Many years ago in travelling across coastal Texas I encountered washover fans. These extensive sand flats occurred behind Mustang and Padre barrier islands. They are formed by hurricane-driven storm surges that flow...
by kapow | Nov 19, 2018 | Blog, International
King Tides in Venice While I was holidaying in Venice with my wife Linda recently, the timing coincided with some unusually high tides bought about by a combination of high predicted tides (King Tides) and a low pressure system. The water level on this day was...