Blog 3: Environmental transformation of Australia linked to the Late Quaternary demise of the megafauna

Australia provides an outstanding case study to resolve the relationship between Late Quaternary environmental drivers such as climate variability, vegetation changes, wildfires, faunal extinctions and human activities. The interval between 50,000-40,000 years BP is critical for understanding the interplay of some of these factors and how they transformed the Australian landscape. During this period, humans…

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UPDATE: INQUA ECR

AQUA travel awards for the INQUA ECR now due on the 1st October – see previous blog for forms UPDATE: INQUA 2013 Early Career Researcher Inter-congress meeting:  2nd- 6th December, 2013, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Details attached INQUA 2013 Early Career Researcher Inter-congress meeting:  2nd- 6th December, 2013 for MSc, PhD Candidates and Early…

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INQUA ECR Student/Postdoc travel award

AQUA is offering two $500 travel prizes to fund attendance for the INQUA ECR inter-congress meeting at the University of Wollongong from the 2-6th of December, 2013. The AQUA prizes are additional to those offered by the meeting organizers, which attendees are also encouraged to apply for. Download the Austalasian Quaternary Association INQUA ECR travel…

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AESC 2014

  Australian Earth Sciences Convention — AESC   2014 INVITATION TO SUBMIT SESSION PROPOSALS You have less than 4 weeks to submit your suggestions for   dedicated sessions during the scientific program. Sessions may be in any of   the six general themes (Energy; Resources; Environment; Service and Community; Dynamic Planet; Living Earth). Be quick…

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