Myles Allen (University of Oxford) Achieving Net Zero — Solving climate change without carbon taxes and with a little help of the fossil fuel industry
This lecture will outline the history of atmospheric temperatures in both the recent and distant past. Professor Huppert will explain the definite connection between the carbon dioxide and methane content of the atmosphere with the average global surface temperature. He will present a range of predictions of the Earth’s future climate, as well as practical... View Article
Craig Bishop (University of Melbourne) This seminar introduces the “replicate Earth” ensemble interpretation framework, based on theoretically derived statistical relationships between ensembles of perfect models (replicate Earths) and observations. We transform an ensemble of (imperfect) climate projections into an ensemble whose mean and variance have the same statistical relationship to observations as an ensemble of... View Article
Neil Craik (University of Waterloo) While the Paris Agreement does not address the issue of climate engineering (CE) expressly, the target of limiting global average temperature rise to “well below” 2°C and to “pursue efforts to limit the temperature increases to 1.5°C”, (a goal that appears unlikely to be achieved in the absence of significant amounts... View Article
Q&A style panel discussion on the career journeys of our senior women, then networking lunch. Panelists include: Assoc Prof Julie Arblaster (School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment at Monash University); Helen Cleugh (Director of the Climate Science Centre, CSIRO); Beth Ebert (Research Program Leader at the Bureau of Meteorology); and Andrea Hinwood (Chief Scientist at Victoria’s... View Article
Adrian Luckman (Swansea University). Larsen C Ice Shelf: Melt, ponding, ice-dynamics and the birth of a one trillion tonne iceberg In 2017, one of the largest icebergs ever recorded broke away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica. This talk covers the work of a team who spent years studying the ice shelf and... View Article
Shirley Coleman (Newcastle University, UK)
Somini Sengupta (New York Times) At a time when the majority of the world’s population is urban, climate change presents grave new risks for the world’s cities and forces city folks to figure out how to survive. Somini Sengupta, international climate reporter for The New York Times, considers the scale of the problem and the... View Article
Dr Julian O’Grady (CSIRO) Overview Extreme sea levels caused by a combination of the tide, storm surge and waves have the potential to cause significant damage to coastal assets. For example, who can forget the dramatic images of the swimming pool sliding into the ocean on Sydney’s northern beaches caused by a storm in June 2016?... View Article
Topic: Land-atmosphere meeting 27/3 Time: Mar 27, 2019 3:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/631434305 Or iPhone one-tap: 16699006833,631434305# or 16465588656,631434305# Or Telephone: Dial: +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) Meeting ID: 631 434 305 International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/aptljBZ8m... View Article