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More than half of Tasmania's largest wetland system in kanamaluka / the Tamar River has vanished since European settlement, new research from the University of Tasmania has revealed.
In this webinar, Dr Boulton will provide an overview of the approach, key analytical insights, and will introduce PLAN E – a concept for a climate and ecologically centred security strategy.
New research analysing the full range of global food production systems finds an increasing number of “food shocks”, with most caused by extreme weather and geopolitical crises. Land-based crop and livestock production are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events, which are expected to become more frequent and intense with climate change.
Increasingly dangerous fire weather is forecast for Australia and the Mediterranean as the global footprint of extreme fires expands. Using climate change model projections to investigate the likely consequences of climate change, the research found more extreme fires are predicted in the future for Australia’s east coast and the whole of the Mediterranean region.
Understanding how and where offshore platforms are impacted when extreme weather hits is critical to help maritime engineers design resilient structures. The Australian Maritime College just concluded a research project on predicting the loads and motions on floating offshore structures in extreme wave conditions.
This conference is taking place at a time when attention international attention is increasingly being focused on developing a successor to the Hyogo Framework for Action which will commence in 2015.
Emergency authorities must understand the psychology of people who live in flood or earthquake-prone areas if they are to help them prepare for disaster, according to research by a University of Tasmania academic.
The School of Geography & Environmental Studies of the University of Tasmania conducted this survey.
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