Tiny microbes at the base of the ocean food chain will be increasingly affected by marine heatwaves as the climate changes.
Often climate change communication takes a top-down approach, with experts telling the general public what they think people need to know. Clara Rodriguez Vives was part of the Curious Climate experiment, which takes an approach that completely turns that top-down model on its head.
Barbara Nowak, Zanna Chase, Paige Kelly and Sophie Bestley (University of Tasmania). Applying for Funding: An introduction for early career researchers.
Jane Watson (University of Tasmania). The Practice of Statistics at School: What does it look like in the classroom? Delivered at Newnham (A221c, A Block) Videoconference: Cradle Coast: (CC.A119, Building A); Sandy Bay (HH325, Hytten Hall)
This project will involve measurements in a cutting-edge global change field experiment to close this knowledge gap by examining plant growth responses to elevated CO2 during repeated drought cycles.
This project will apply a state of the art, hierarchical Bayesian modelling framework to determine how past climatic conditions influence current responses to high CO2concentrations. The project will use data from a new, specially-designed experiment, as well as results from past Free-Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (FACE) and Open-top chamber (OTC) experiments, to close this knowledge gap.
Project: To investigate rapid shallow-water/coastal marine cooling events characterised by sudden transitions from marine heatwave to marine cold spell conditions, and the risk likelihood to vulnerable fish species.
Bree Woods (University of Tasmania)
Claire Mason (University of Tasmania)
The RV Investigator returned to Hobart after a 32-day voyage to map a meander of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) Polar Front. Onboard were 11 CLEX students and postdocs; three international students; a film maker and visual artist; and collaborators from CSIRO, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.