By JAMES WOODFORD Phil Watson says 9.50 am on January 12 will be a preview of the state’s sea level future. Watson is the Team Leader of the Department of Environment and Climate Change’s Coastal Unit and for the first time has launched a program to document the flooding impacts of the highest tide visible [...]
Entries from December 31st, 2008
King Tide: A Glimpse Into Waterworld
December 31st, 2008 · 4 Comments · News
Tags: climate change·coastal development·infrastructure·sea level rise
Merry Christmas from Real Dirt…
December 21st, 2008 · 7 Comments · Uncategorized
It’s been a crazy year here at Real Dirt HQ – that is my laptop and office on the south coast of NSW…But I have been a little quiet the last few weeks as I have been travelling for my next book. After a short break until mid-January I hope to get things cranking up [...]
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I Spy An Ibis
December 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments · News
Having just returned from Townsville I know it is a long way away and I certainly couldn’t imagine getting there on my own steam. That’s why I was surprised to see a note from the Australian Museum that some of the White Ibis researchers have colour banded in Sydney have turned up in far [...]
Tags: habitat loss·ibis·wildlife survey
MASSIVE NEW MARINE PARK FOR SYDNEY?
December 4th, 2008 · 30 Comments · News
By JAMES WOODFORD A plan for a massive marine park stretching off Sydney’s coast, from Gosford in the north to the Royal in the south and three kilometres out to sea, will be launched today. The proposal by the National Parks Association of NSW(NPA) is ambitious, but, if successful, will lead to an overhaul [...]
