by kapow | Jul 20, 2015 | Blog, Contributor
WAR VETERANS AS COASTAL MENTORS Harley Jesse Walker, better known as Jess, an Emeritus Professor of Geography at Louisiana State University. This week I learnt of the death of Harley Jesse Walker, better known as Jess, an Emeritus Professor of Geography at Louisiana...
by kapow | Jul 20, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
INTEGRATED OR DISINTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT? A lack of leadership and failed responses over many years has resulted in mis-management at Old Bar in NSW Many have written about the relevance of ICZM to good coastal management both in Australia and overseas. Our...
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...