by kapow | Jul 5, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTS In 2008 the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists released a report entitled Accounting for Nature. At the time we never dreamed of where our ideas would take. With the support of the Purves Environmental Fund and The Ian Potter Foundation, we...
by kapow | Jun 23, 2015 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
LAKE SHORELINES: Lake George Lake George (photo source: The Silent Theory) I have just driven back from Canberra. This drive makes me wonder about the geology and geomorphology of Lake George. One really appreciates its majesty as you descend the scarp from the south...
by kapow | Jun 18, 2015 | Blog, Sediments
Reflections on Coastal Aeolian Research Cronulla dunes with the city of Sydney in view. A recent issue of the journal Aeolian Research (2015, vol. 17) contained an article entitled Synthesis on Quaternary aeolian research in the unglaciated eastern United States. It...
by kapow | Jun 18, 2015 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Shore Platforms Icebergs and likes of swell on a weirdly warm day #bondi365 #beachperspectives — at Bondi Icebergs Club. (photo source: Tom Fitzgerald) Much has been written in the academic literature on the classification and origin of what are variously termed shore...
by kapow | May 4, 2015 | Blog, Storms
EAST COAST LOWS Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast after 1967 Way back in the early 70s I started to take an interest in East Coast Lows (ECLs). My curiosity was heightened by reading about the impact of the 1967 impact of a cluster of storms, both tropical cyclones and...
by kapow | Apr 26, 2015 | Blog, Water
ESTUARINE WATER LEVELS East Gippsland boasts highly significant waterways, with the Gippsland Lakes being the largest estuarine lagoon system in Australia (photo source: East Gippsland Shire Council) Recent investigations of risk confronting communities around the...