Category Archives: oceanography

The scientific study of oceans

Chinese stake in Hobart’s new ocean research centre

Posted on 23 May 2017 by Peter Boyer

With help from China, CSIRO is reasserting its leading position in Southern Hemisphere climate science. CSIRO is back in town and back on the world climate research stage. That was the real news in yesterday’s welcome announcement of a new … Continue reading →

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Sea level: doing nothing is no option

Posted on 4 April 2017 by Peter Boyer

The inevitability of future sea level rise requires action now. I take my hat off to Hobart City for its persistent efforts to get its people engaged with that bothersome matter of climate change, specifically what it will do to … Continue reading →

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Getting ready for rising waters

Posted on 29 November 2016 by Peter Boyer

Whatever else can be said about the Liberal-National government’s climate policies, they got this one right Amid all the uncertainty about our climate future, here’s an absolute certainty: in coming decades our coasts will come under increasing attack from the … Continue reading →

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