An environmental history book by SEARCH Project historian Don Garden has received a great review in the latest issue of New Zealand Geographer. Tom Brooking from the University of Otago's Department of History provides a positive assessment of Droughts, Floods and Cyclones: El Niños that shaped our colonial past, praising the author's "impeccable scholarship and … Continue reading Positive review for environmental history book
Tag: Joelle Gergis
Protected: Research update – October 2010
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First Fleet weather research in the news
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: … Continue reading First Fleet weather research in the news
State Library of Victoria profiles Climate History project
The SEARCH project has been featured in The State Library of Victoria's News magazine for July - October. Project PhD candidate Claire Fenby details some of the valuable historical documentary resources she has been making use of during her research at the State Library of Victoria. A copy of her article is available for download … Continue reading State Library of Victoria profiles Climate History project
SEARCH volunteers unearth vital climate data
A team of volunteers at the State Library of New South Wales has been hard at work sourcing valuable information about climate conditions in the early years of the colony at Sydney. The volunteers have been examining editions of Australia's first newspaper, The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, looking for information about weather … Continue reading SEARCH volunteers unearth vital climate data
Scientists seek lost pieces of the climate puzzle
International climate scientists, including members of the SEARCH team, will meet in New Zealand next week as part of an immense global effort to recover lost weather data from the past. The Asian-Pacific Network (APN) for Global Change Research workshop in Auckland on September 27–29 will discuss the latest research using recovered weather information, often … Continue reading Scientists seek lost pieces of the climate puzzle
The hunt for Shackleton’s weather logbooks
An ongoing search for the logbooks of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton has unearthed some interesting information about the early years of weather observation on Macquarie Island. SEARCH research partner, Neville Nicholls of Monash University, was searching the Bureau of Meteorology archive for the Shackleton logbooks when he discovered a series of correspondence and a photo … Continue reading The hunt for Shackleton’s weather logbooks
Swiss palaeoclimatologist collaborating with the SEARCH team
We are pleased to welcome Swiss researcher Raphael Neukom to the University of Melbourne as part of a National Science Foundation post-doctoral fellowship. He will be working with us for six months between July–August 2010 and April–July 2011 developing Southern Hemisphere climate reconstructions. Raphael is a palaeoclimatologist who received his PhD from the University of … Continue reading Swiss palaeoclimatologist collaborating with the SEARCH team
Protected: July project update
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Salvaging sunken treasure
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 … Continue reading Salvaging sunken treasure
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