Caroline Ummenhofer (Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute). Changes in the width of the Indo-Pacific tropical rain belt from climate model simulations and palaeo proxy records. The Indo-Pacific tropical rain belt (TRB) marks... View Article
Prof. Primeau will present an inverse model to constrain the residual mean circulation of the ocean and to estimate rates of marine nitrogen fixation. The results demonstrate strong spatial variability in the nitrogen to phosphorus ratio of exported organic matter that greatly increases the global nitrogen-fixation rate.
Kazuuhiro Yoshida (University of Hokaido). Ice algae and primary production. 1pm, Tuesday, February 19. Aurora Theatre, IMAS.
Chris Rudiger (Monash University). About Earth observation data in operational use – background (errors) and uses. 10am, Wednesday, February 20. Level 9 Seminar Room, 700 Collins St, Melbourne.
Lincoln Alves (CCST / INPE Brazil). Understanding the triggering factor of climate vulnerability: climate change impacts in Brazil. 1pm, Thursday, February 21. Level 9 Seminar Room, 700 Collins St, Melbourne.
Description Australia’s international climate targets create frequent misunderstandings, even among experts. Seemingly straightforward, the reality is that the targets are not as intuitive as they appear, with much of the... View Article
Marchus Jochum (University of Copenhagen). The future of ocean modelling. We can only trust current Earth System Models with future projections if they are able to reproduce past events. I... View Article
Description The oceans are critically important to our planet. In addition to the obvious uses of oceans as a food source and biodiversity resource, oceans have a range of major... View Article
Important lessons regarding current and future climate change trends can be derived from the paleo-climate record. Particularly from abrupt events such as the Oldest dryas (~16 kyr), Older dryas (~14 kyr), Younger dryas (12.9–11.7 kyr) and the ~8.2 kyr Laurentian ice melt event all of which occurred over time-scales of a few decades to a few years.
At present, the most important strategy to avert such consequences would be investment in CO2 down-draw measures and the channeling water from flooded to desiccated regions, such as from northern Australia to the Murray-Darling basins
