Posts in category In the News
University of Newcastle at the forefr...
University of Newcastle in collaboration with University of Waikato and Melbourne University are leading the way in ground breaking new research into South Pacific and Australian Hydroclimate History. Adam Hartland from Waitomo University, blogs about the fascinating work of our very own adventurous PhD student, Ebony Anderson. the Australian Research Council funded Discovery Project “South Pacific […]
Winning and Nominated Papers for the ...
Last year, at the annual conference for Water, Infrastructure and the Environment in December 2016, the winner was announced for the Engineers Australia GN Alexander Medal for the best paper in Hydrology and/or Water Resources published in an Engineers Australia publication. From more than 200 eligible papers 6 were shortlisted. Three of those six nominated […]
Special Issue Publications of the Cli...
Recently a special issue of the Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science (JSHESS) was published that focuses on the Eastern Seaboard Climate Change Initiative (ESCCI) East Coast Low (ECL) projects (http://climatechange.environment.nsw.gov.au/Impacts-of-climate-change/East-Coast-Lows/Eastern-Seaboard-Climate-Change-Initiative). ESCCI is a government/industry/ARC funded program that the Newcastle University has been involved in since ~2010. As such there are 4 papers (attached) […]
Students in the News
Project: Deformation and metamorphism in the WOMB Can you introduce yourself? My name is Bradley Williams and I completed a B.Sc. (Hons) at UoN in July 2015. I am 31 years old and live in the Hunter region of NSW, Australia. Can you tell us about your research project at UoN? I undertook an Honours […]
Scientists have been using Saltburn P...
Dr Hannah Power is currently over in the UK taking part in a UoN International Visiting Research Fellowship to visit the Universities of Bath, Plymouth, and Bremen. The following article outlines some of the research Hannah is working on. To find out more about Hannah’s work take a look at her staff profile. […]
RHD Student Valentina Vanghi – ...
Written by Valentina Vanghi During the first week of September 2015 my supervisor Dr. Andrea Borsato and went to Italy for sampling two caves: Frasassi cave (Central Italy) and Lamalunga cave (South Italy). I really enjoyed this great experience. It was also quite an intense field work session as we went caving every single day […]
From Antarctica to the Alps: The Last...
Silvia Frisia was invited to talk at a public meeting attended by 150 people ran by the Trentino Climate Observatory and the Department of Civil Protection on the 9th of October. The conference was titled ‘From Antarctica to the Alps: the last glaciers?’ and hosted several speakers discussing topics such as why ice is disappearing […]