by kapow | Mar 26, 2018 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Coastal Archaeology I am currently reading a fantastic new book by Billy Griffiths entitled Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia. It has been described by Tim Flannery as “the freshest, most important book about our past in years”, and by the historian...
by kapow | Mar 12, 2018 | Blog, International
Barrier Islands – An American Obsession? Every now and then my attention is drawn to a paper in a relatively high-ranked journal that deserves comment. I would like to thank Pat Hesp on this occasion. He alerted me to a paper in Marine Geology entitled “Is...
by kapow | Feb 26, 2018 | Blog, Climate Change
Climate Change Adaptation in Australia – A Loss of Momentum Over the past 10 years there have been a range of initiatives by federal and state governments that aim to improve the nation’s capacity to meet the challenges of climate change. Considerable attention...
by kapow | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog, Miscellaneous
SUMMERAMA Each summer we are privileged in Sydney to have a community program termed Summerama. This is coordinated by the Sydney Coastal Councils Group (SCCG) and involves programs run by ten councils from Northern Beaches to Sutherland and by the SCCG itself. The...
by kapow | Jan 31, 2018 | Blog, Storms
King tides and extreme events It was predicted that on 6 December last year and 2 January 2018 the east coast would experience very high spring tides (often referred to as “king tides”). Tide tables based on astronomical pull forces of the moon and sun around these...
by kapow | Jan 14, 2018 | Blog, Sediments
Coastal Geomorphology 101 Any course in coastal geomorphology today would be vastly different to what I experienced in 1959 at Sydney University. It was a year of great change in subject matter not just for me as a student but also for our lecturer, Trevor...