During the last 70 years, solving physical equations on High Performance Computers has been the main workhorse of weather, climate and environmental research and prediction. It has been a fantastic ride, substantially improving our understanding and boosting our forecasting capabilities. However, Moore's law is over, the energy cost of HPC is hardly affordable, and increasing... View Article
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Description Communication and dialogue between science and society are important for both sides. Science informs individual and collective decisions, while social context and social needs guide the direction of scientific enquiry. But the science communication ecosystem is changing: Science is growing, and fields like genome editing, artificial intelligence or climate science are turning into “post-normal... View Article
Ying-Ping Wang (CSIRO). Land-Atmosphere meeting - Variation of land carbon uptake: dominant drivers and their time-scale dependence. 3pm, Wednesday, June 19. Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/670855742 Or iPhone one-tap: 16465588656,670855742# or 16699006833,670855742# Or Telephone: Dial: +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) or +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll) Meeting ID: 670... View Article
Tom Doig (Author, University of Melbourne) The Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change Description Climate change is everywhere – and nowhere. It is simultaneously the most urgent problem facing humanity, and a hopelessly abstract concept that’s impossible for us to wrap our heads around. While 97% of the world’s climate scientists agree that human-caused... View Article
(University of Melbourne). Climatic Changes or Regional Human Activities? Lake Urmia Desiccation Description On the topic of climate change, there are two camps of politicians absolving themselves from responsibility. Politicians who deny or cast scepticism about the anthropogenic nature of climate change and/or its substantial implications; and those who blame climate change for the... View Article
Description Are you tired of letting Microsoft Office control your life? Do you wish your figures and tables looked as elegant as they deserve and do exactly what you want them to do? Are you lazy and wish your computer would format your documents for you? Sign up for DataTas's Intro to LaTeX workshop, a... View Article
Bernadette Sloyan (CSIRO). Beer Aquatic: The ocean revolution – canvas bucket to the microprocessor
Stephen Gallagher (University of Melbourne). From Monsoons to Desert: 50 Million Years of Australian Climate History Description The 2019 Howitt Lecture - a joint presentation between the Royal Society of Victoria and the Geological Society of Australia (Victoria Division) Geoscience in Australia can be uniquely challenging. The harsh, arid and intense monsoonal climate of our continent generally destroys... View Article
MASS Event: Annalise Rees (Maritime Museum), Mary-Anne Lea (IMAS), Mary Finsterer (Composer), Tom Wright (Librettist). Field reports from the remote, strange, bizarre and beautiful territory of art-science collaboration.