by kapow | Nov 7, 2020 | Blog, Climate Change
SHORELINE RESPONSES TO SEA-LEVEL RISE The topic of shoreline behaviour in relation to sea-level rise has long attracted debate. This is very evident in a response by Cooper et al. in Nature Climate Change ( “Sandy beaches can survive sea-level rise”, Vol 10, November,...
by kapow | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog, Climate Change
Recent papers in the journal Nature Despite all the crises we currently face, the media has found space to highlight two papers published in NATURE in recent weeks that relate to the future of coastal conditions, in particular beaches. The first paper is concerned...
by kapow | Feb 27, 2020 | Blog, Climate Change, Miscellaneous
HOLOCENE SEA LEVELS AND COASTAL EVOLUTION I have long been interested in trying to unravel the driving forces that underpin the geomorphological and sedimentary record of coastal deposits. This has involved the study of sand barrier, river delta and coral reef...
by kapow | Sep 27, 2019 | Blog, Climate Change
Climate Change Attribution It is not unusual to hear of attempts to ascribe a certain extreme climate event to global warming. Much commentary has occurred in recent weeks on the unusual behaviour of the hurricane that devasted the Bahamas and how that behaviour was...
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...