First interview with the Native Women at Port Jackson New South Wales - William Bradley. Image: State Library of NSW
Research into the treacherous weather conditions the First Fleet battled on the epic voyage to Australia has attracted a wealth of media attention this week.
SEARCH lead researcher Joelle Gergis spoke with a range of media about the First Fleet weather reconstruction she prepared with Rob Allan and Philip Brohan of the UK Met Office:
- Australian Geographic
- The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
- ABC News
- SBS News
- The Daily Telegraph
The reports come as a conference in New Zealand, coordinated by SEARCH research partner Andrew Lorrey, aims to promote the recovery of old weather data buried in logbooks and early weather records.
Further details of the conference and the First Fleet weather data recovery research is available in this Australian Science Media Centre online briefing.
The State Library of New South Wales has published a feature on the SEARCH project in their quarterly SL Magazine.
In the article, lead researcher Joelle Gergis describes how the project is drawing on the wealth of information available in the State Library of New South Wales’ First Fleet journals collection.
Download a PDF copy of the article here.
Image courtesy of the Australian Institute of Marine Science
Over 70 palaeoclimate scientists from across Australia and around the world were in Melbourne last week for the Aus2K regional workshop.
The meeting was an opportunity for scientists to present the latest palaeoclimate reconstruction data for our region; information that will feed into the fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, due in 2014.
The event was hosted at the University of Melbourne’s School of Earth Sciences.
The workshop was co-organised by SEARCH project lead researcher, Dr Joelle Gergis, along with Past Global Changes (PAGES).
Further information about the Aus2K workshop is available from the PAGES website.
The University of Melbourne’s Voice newspaper has featured The South-Eastern Australian Recent Climate History project on page 2 of its May edition.
Lead researcher, Dr Joelle Gergis, discussed the background to this landmark linkage project, while project historian, Professor Don Garden outlined how historical documentary records would be utilised. The feature is available on The Voice‘s website.
The Voice is inserted into The Age on the first Monday of every month. The Age‘s circulation is over 200,000 and as such, the feature represents great exposure for the project.
Science Meets Parliament 2010. Image: Lorna Sim / FASTS
SEARCH project researchers, Joelle Gergis and Ailie Gallant were recently in Canberra, attending Science Meets Parliament, with the support of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society.
Science Meets Parliament offers scientists from around Australia the opportunity to meet with MPs and discuss issues of importance. This year’s delegates also attended a series of professional development workshops focussing on science communication.
Joelle wrote a feature for The University of Melbourne’s Science Matters, describing how climate change emerged as a key issue during the workshops and meetings.