AQUA is required to hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) in line with its constitution in the coming months. As a result, we have scheduled an online AGM for Thursday 18 May 1-2 pm (AEST). Please make every effort to attend as we need a quorum of votes to make decisions. If you can’t attend you…
Continue ReadingAQUA are pleased to be able to offer student travel awards to AQUA student members to attend INQUA 2023 in Rome this year. We will be awarding four scholarships of up to $4 000 each to eligible students from Australia and New Zealand. Applications are due by 5 pm AEDT February 27th , and we…
Continue ReadingSessions convened or co-convened by AQUA members. SSP2.8 Fjord sediments as a repository of post-glacial climate and environmental change Conveners: Greer Gilmer, Andrew Gorman, William Austin Mid to high latitude fjords are global hot spots for the burial of organic carbon because their unique morphology makes them highly effective at trapping and preserving sediment. Interaction between…
Continue ReadingINQUA 2023 is being held in Rome, Italy. See below a compiled list of sessions convened and co-convened by AQUA members. Session 21: Records of climate change from MIS 3 and MIS 2 in the Southern Hemisphere: The Lynda Petherick Memorial Session James Shulmeister, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Kathryn Fitzsimmons, University of Tuebingen, Germany,…
Continue ReadingCongratulations to University of Queensland PhD candidate Vikki Lowe, who is the inaugural recipient of the Leanne Armand Travel Award. Vikki will use the award to travel to GNS Science in New Zealand to work with Dr. Giuseppe Cortese. You can read more about Vikki’s project on the IODP website.
Continue ReadingDear AQUA colleagues, It gives us great pleasure to announce that registrations for the AQUA conference are now open. Please note that early bird registrations close on 7th October. Details about the conference, including the dinner and registration pricing are available here: https://aqua.org.au/conference/aqua-2022/aqua-2022-registration-portal/ The registration page is here: https://aqua.org.au/conference/aqua-2022/aqua-2022-registration-portal/aqua-2022-registration/ Please note that the pre-conference Kangaroo…
Continue ReadingAQUA are pleased to be undertaking a joint session with the Australian Archaeological Association, who are hosting their annual conference in Darwin at the same time as the AQUA meeting in December, 2022. The joint session “Human-Environment Interactions: A Joint Session for the Australian Archaeological Association and Australasian Quaternary Association” will be run simultaneously in…
Continue ReadingDarren Ray, University of Adelaide, has offered to host a hackathon before the AQUA conference on Monday 5th Dec focussed on palaeo-science data analysis. It would be based on the emerging Python based palaeo analysis framework, in particular, through Jupyter Notebooks. It would be aimed at those who might have some coding experience in say…
Continue ReadingCalling all Australian and New Zealand Quaternary scientists! We are launching our inaugural AQUA mentoring program! AQUA (Australasian Quaternary Association) brings together researchers that study the Quaternary climate and landscape changes. The organisation aims to provide a forum for Quaternary researchers to collaborate and share findings with one another. The goal of our inaugural mentoring…
Continue ReadingThe 2022 AQUA Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held online on Monday 11th April from 1-2 pm (AEST). All AQUA members and non-members are invited to attend, however only current financial members are able to nominate for committee positions and vote. If you are not a current financial member you can renew your membership…
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