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.
Elizabeth Truswell (Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU). A memory of ice: the Antarctic voyage of the Glomar Challenger
Danielle Udy (University of Tasmania). PhD Confirmation: Extending the Palaeohydroclimatology Record of Eastern Australia to Underpin Efficient Water Management by Understanding Long Term Climate Variability.
Thomas Giambelluca (University of Hawai’i). Are invasive plants problem drinkers? Evidence from Hawai’i.
David Jamieson (University of Melbourne). The Double Planet: The Physics of the Earth-Moon System
John Allen (Central Michigan University). Global Perspectives on Severe Convective Storms
Rebecca Hamilton (ANU College of Asia and the Pacific) LGM-Holocene environmental change in SE Asia
Global Compact Network Australia plus panel (Breakfast series). A Just Transition: Integrating Social Dimensions into Climate Change. Description Businesses and investors have a critical role to play in accelerating urgent climate action and driving progress towards meeting the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) invites you... View Article
Jeremy Baskin (University of Melbourne). Book Launch: Geoengineering, the Anthropocene and the End of Nature. This event, hosted by the Melbourne School of Government, is to celebrate and launch a new book by Jeremy Baskin, titled ‘Geoengineering, the Anthropocene and the End of Nature’. Jeremy is a Senior Research Fellow at the Melbourne School of Government. The book, published... View Article
Description The re-election of the Morrison Government federally has strengthened its resolve to implement its energy policies. Previously proposed abatement targets, ‘big stick’ legislation and generation underwriting are all being progressed. Only 6 months earlier, however, the Andrews Government was re-elected in Victoria with a very different set of policies. Other states are also progressing... View Article
Presenter: Prof. Rosemary Rayfuse University of New South Wales Host: Climate Change Research Centre Climate change-induced changes in species composition, distribution and abundance pose significant threats to global fish stocks and to global food security. The transformation of ocean ecosystems as a result of climate change and associated ocean acidification also poses significant challenges for... View Article
Malcolm King (Monash University) The atmospheric dynamics of south-east Australian heatwaves ZOOM DETAILS Topic: Land-Atmosphere Meeting 24 July 3pm Time: Jul 24, 2019 03:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney Join Zoom Meeting https://anu.zoom.us/j/220262404 One tap mobile +61280156011,,220262404# Australia +61871501149,,220262404# Australia Dial by your location +61 2 8015 6011 Australia +61 8 7150 1149 Australia Meeting... View Article
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. 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
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
Richard Parncutt (University of Graz). Estimating the long-term human cost of climate change
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.
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 (Bureau of Meteorology). The rate at which we'll experience unprecedented high temperatures over coming decades: benefits and limitations of reducing emissions
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