Children’s microclimates and health: Mitigating heat & air pollution through measurement & design

Webinar: Governing Ocean Acidification

Australian German Climate and Energy College Level 1, 187 Grattan St, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Speaker: Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb (Climate Energy College, University of Melbourne) Ocean acidification is increasingly recognized as a potentially devastating threat to marine ecosystems and the goods and services they provide. Despite this, no existing multilateral environmental agreement (MEA) explicitly requires a response to it and the issue remains largely unaddressed in international environmental law and policy.... View Article

A million species at immediate risk of extinction

Malaysia Theatre, Basement Melbourne School of Design Glyn Davis Building, Masson Road, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

A million species at immediate risk of extinction. Should we panic about the IPBES Global Assessment report? During the recent federal election campaign, a new landmark report on the state of global biodiversity was released, but went largely unnoticed in the Australian media. The recent IPBES Global Assessment paints a grim picture of current and anticipated loss... View Article

Victoria’s Regional Forest Agreements: Conservation of Soil and Water Resources

The Royal Society of Victoria 8 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Join us for the fourth in this series of public lectures, looking at the scientific evidence base informing the modernisation of Victoria's Regional Forest Agreements. The Victorian Government is investing in science and data to better understand the range of forest values in Victoria and the systems and processes which underpin forest management, planning and... View Article

Beer Aquatic – What happens to the oceans during an ice age?

Hobart Brewing Company 16 Evans St, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Ever wonder how the oceans coped with ice ages? What sort of changes might have happened? And how can we study these now? Don you Tassie Tuxedo and come down to the Hobart Brewing Company to explore these chilly topics on a chilly July night with Zanna Chase of IMAS.

BoM Seminar: On the environments and dynamics of nocturnal mesoscale convective systems

Bureau of Meteorology Level 9, Seminar Room, 700 Collins St., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Stacey Hitchcock (University of Melbourne). On the environments and dynamics of nocturnal mesoscale convective systems. External attendees without a local host should email sts_seminars_admin@bom.gov.au their details (name and affiliation) at least one day prior to arrange entrance.

Scott Power: The benefits and limitations of reducing emissions

Boardoom 107, Monash Boardroom 107, 9 Rainforest Walk, Monash University, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Scott Power (Bureau of Meteorology).  The rate at which we'll experience unprecedented high temperatures over coming decades: benefits and limitations of reducing emissions

MSSI Panel and guests, Transitioning to a low carbon future

SGS Economics and Planning 14/222 Exhibition St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

New research by The University of Melbourne - Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and SGS Economics and Planning shows that transitioning to a clean economy is sound economic development. Even when the benefits of reduced emissions are ignored, the economic benefits of transitioning to a low-carbon economy easily outweigh the costs. So what's next? How and... View Article

BoM Seminar: Improving reconstructions of historical extreme events by rescuing undigitized weather observations with citizen scientists

Bureau of Meteorology Level 9, Seminar Room, 700 Collins St., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ed Hawkins (University of Reading) Improving reconstructions of historical extreme events by rescuing undigitized weather observations with citizen scientists External attendees without a local host should email sts_seminars_admin@bom.gov.au their details (name and affiliation) at least one day prior to arrange entrance.  

BoM Seminar: Trends and Challenges in TC NWP for the 2020s

Mike Fiorino (University of Colorado). Trends and Challenges in TC NWP for the 2020s an update on the 2009 ECMWF Newsletter article "Record-setting performance of the ECMWF IFS in medium-range tropical cyclone track prediction". External attendees without a local host should email sts_seminars_admin@bom.gov.au their details (name and affiliation) at least one day prior to arrange... View Article