Exploring our physical world to resolve critical environmental issues to human well-being.
Academics take action to sustain our coastal and marine zones. Read more ...
SEMINAR PROGRAM:
DATES: 26 April – 7 June 2013
TIME: 4.30pm LOCATION: Building 41, Room 153
03 May: Dr Kerrylee Rogers (University of Wollongong)
“Where the land meets the sea and geology meets biology”
17 May: Dr Rob “Dr Rip” Brander
(University of New South Wales)
“New approaches to tackling the rip current problem”
24 May: Dr Catherine Chagué-Goff
(University of New South Wales)
“Lessons learned from recent tsunamis - key to the past and the future”
Prof James Goff (University of New South Wales)
“Tsunamis - A little knowledge is dangerous”
31 May: Dr David Hanslow
(Office of Environment and Heritage)
"Knowledge needs for New South Wales coastal and marine environment"
07 June: Mr Rafael Carvalho (University of Wollongong)
“Dredging and disposal: Suspended sediments and turbidity in estuarine waters”
26 April: Prof Colin Woodroffe and Ms Michelle Linklater
(University of Wollongong)
“Past and present reef growth at high latitude reefs: Implications for expansion and refugia”
The School of Earth & Environmental Sciences Annual Prize Night and the Allan Sefton Memorial Lecture was held on Friday 5th April 2013.
Allan Sefton Memorial Lecture - Securing a future for the Great Barrier Reef. Terry Hughes FAA, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University - abstract, Alumni website video, UOW YouTube
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences Annual Prize Night - 2013 Prize winners list & Photo Gallery
UOW and Geoscience Australia researchers have spent the last few weeks aboard Australia’s national marine research vessel, the RV Southern Surveyor, on a mission to better understand how climate change affects coral reefs. Read more...
Professor Gerald Nanson has been awarded the 'David Linton Medal' by the British Society for Geomorphology
The Linton Medal is the premier award of the BSG given to a geomorphologist who has made a leading contribution to the discipline over a sustained period. The winner is invited to present the Linton Lecture at the next BSG conference to be held at Royal Holloway, University of London on 9-11th September 2013.
Secrets of ancient climate unearthed
What was Earth’s climate like almost four billion years ago? Given that the Sun was 30% cooler, was the Earth chilly or did an atmosphere much richer in greenhouse gases keep it warm?
UOW’s Dr Allen Nutman and Dr Vickie Bennett from the Australian National University study the world’s oldest sedimentary rocks from Greenland, these are among Earth’s secrets that are being answered by research led by. Read more ..
Our teaching and research programs encompass the disciplinary traditions of Environmental Science, Geology, Physical Geography and Human Geography. From our strong and multidisciplinary base we are developing strategic initiatives in the Archaeological Sciences and in Cultural environmental research. Our staff undertake research in many parts of Australia and at a number of international locations. Students are exposed to this research from the first year of their degree, and have increasing opportunities to participate in it as they develop their skills and knowledge in later years.
SEES Student Noticeboard
If you are intending to meet the Faculty of Science math requirement by completing MATH151 please check when it will be offered |
GROUNdSWeLL Groundswell trip to Hawaii - February 2014. Read more... and more |
PESA NSW is offering student study grants of $1500 to students studying in 3rd year or honours, Masters or a PhD in the Geoscience field. Students who are involved in a research project which emphasises petroleum or coal seam methane exploration are eligible to apply. |