Thoughts on International Women’s Day
March 16, 2021 12:45 pm Comments Off on Thoughts on International Women’s DayOn March 8, we celebrated International Women's Day but for Denisse Fiero Arcos, it's a day that raises mixed feelings.
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Research brief: How climate change impacts Marine heatwaves around Australia and New Zealand
March 15, 2021 10:10 am Comments Off on Research brief: How climate change impacts Marine heatwaves around Australia and New ZealandThis study uses a high‐resolution climate model to investigate how and why marine heatwaves would change for the Australian region. The relative impacts of increases on background ocean temperature and changes to intrinsic temperature variations are compared.
Research brief: What drives extreme heat events in spring?
March 9, 2021 3:38 pm Comments Off on Research brief: What drives extreme heat events in spring?Maximum temperatures in Australia during spring have exceeded historic records on multiple occasions in recent years. Understanding what drives these high temperatures may lead to better forecasts of extreme heat in the future.
Research brief: How El Niños impact climate in the southwest Indian OCean
March 9, 2021 3:13 pm Comments Off on Research brief: How El Niños impact climate in the southwest Indian OCeanEl Niño effects are communicated to the Indian Ocean via both large‐scale atmospheric circulation changes over the southern tropical ocean basin and via disturbances to sea‐levels along the coast of Western Australia. CLEX researchers investigated these remote ENSO influences in a state‐of‐the‐art climate model.
Research brief: Unlocking the keys to ocean literacy
March 8, 2021 1:54 pm Comments Off on Research brief: Unlocking the keys to ocean literacyAs part of the Future Seas project, this paper summarizes knowledge and perspectives on ocean literacy from a range of disciplines, including but not exclusive to marine biology, socio-ecology, philosophy, technology, psychology, oceanography and human health.
Research brief: Warmer oceans amplify LENGTH AND FREQUENCY of coastal marine heatwaves
March 5, 2021 1:19 pm Comments Off on Research brief: Warmer oceans amplify LENGTH AND FREQUENCY of coastal marine heatwavesCLEX researchers found coastal marine heatwave hotspots were concentrated along the Mediterranean Sea, Japan Sea, south‐eastern Australia and the north‐eastern coast of the United States. They also found the frequency of these events and their duration globally increased by 1–2 events per decade and 5–20 days per decade. Most of the marine heatwave hotspots identified were associated with high upward trends.
Research brief: Ring like structure in cyclone leads to rapid intensification of surface winds
March 5, 2021 11:19 am Comments Off on Research brief: Ring like structure in cyclone leads to rapid intensification of surface windsThe most intense and destructive tropical cyclones generally go through a period of rapid intensification, where "rapid" means that the near-surface winds increase by more than 15 m/s (54km/hr) in 24 hrs. However, the physical processes by which storms rapidly intensify are not well understood. This study uses very high-resolution simulations with the UK Met Office Unified Model of the 2016 north-Pacific tropical cyclone, Nepartak, to explore the processes responsible for its rapid intensification.
Research brief: New Zealand’s costliest floods caused by atmospheric rivers
March 3, 2021 3:45 pm Comments Off on Research brief: New Zealand’s costliest floods caused by atmospheric riversThe largest rivers on Earth are not on the ground, but in the sky. Our new study, published in Environmental Research Letters, showed that nine out of ten of the most expensive floods in New Zealand (2007-2017) occurred during an Atmospheric River event, and seven to all ten of the top ten most extreme rainfall events at eleven different locations occurred during Atmospheric Rivers.
¡Hola mundo!
March 1, 2021 11:57 am Comments Off on ¡Hola mundo!Mi nombre es Denisse Fierro Arcos, soy bióloga marina nacida en Ecuador, pero que adopté a Australia como mi segundo país hace unos años. He trabajado como consultora ambiental e investigadora y he tenido la oportunidad de trabajar en proyectos que se enfocan en una variedad de sistemas y especies marinas en Sudamérica y Australia.
Hello world
March 1, 2021 11:53 am Comments Off on Hello worldDenisse Fierro Arcos is back in Australia completing her first semester as a PhD student at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS). Her project focuses on understanding how fine scale changes in sea ice and ocean conditions affect Southern Ocean marine ecosystems. This is her first blog post.