by kapow | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog, Climate Change
Acceleration in mean sea level Since 2011 Phil Watson of the Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW, has been analysing data from various tide gauges around the world for trends in mean sea level (MSL). He is continuing to publish his results in the Journal of...
by kapow | Dec 8, 2016 | Blog, Climate Change
MANAGING PRESENT AND FUTURE RISK South Curl Curl Beach, Sydney. Storm waves have exposed coastal protection works and ramp foundations. Photo taken 1/9/2015 Several years ago in the office of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, I was in a deep and meaningful...
by kapow | Jul 4, 2016 | Blog, Climate Change, Miscellaneous
NATIONAL ACTION FOR COASTAL ADAPTATION Venus Bay, Eyre Peninsula (pc: South Australia Tourism) At the time of any federal election, it is interesting to see how major parties consider the broader issues involving coastal adaptation into the new climate era. Over the...
by kapow | May 25, 2016 | Blog, Climate Change
CORAL DESPAIR Coral despair (pc: afr.com) Many of us watched the recent program on ABC TV hosted by David Attenborough on the Great Barrier Reef. A feeling of despair swept over me when I saw and heard once again eminent coral scientists such as Charlie Veron and Ove...
by kapow | Jan 15, 2016 | Blog, Climate Change
ENCROACHING TIDES OR VENICE EFFECT Some years ago after a visit to Venice, I wrote about the process of increased frequency of high tidal inundation as sea level rises. I called this the Venice Effect. Over the last 60 or so years the number of days per year when...
by kapow | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog, Climate Change
RECONCILING DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE, February 2015 Evidence of coastal issues dating back to the early 1900s. Have we learnt? (Photo source: GCCM, 2015) Ross Garnaut in his 2008 review of the climate change problem for the Australian Government,...