Southern Hemisphere Assessment of PalaeoEnvironments (SHAPE) Workshop: Quaternary variability, abrupt change and tipping points We invite researchers who have an interest in climate variability, abrupt change and tipping points to participate in the upcoming SHAPE workshop on 2-3 February 2018 to be held at The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Wollongong, NSW…
Continue ReadingA draft final program of speakers can be found here. aqua2016-speaker-schedule A list of the poster presentations and timings of the poster sessions is here. aqua2016-poster-sessions
Continue Readingby Ignacio Jara It is now widely accepted that anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) emerged in Africa around 200 ka (ka=thousands of years before the present), as evidenced by now-classic hominid sites in eastern Africa and supported by genetic variations among modern populations. Despite the unquestioned African origin of our species, the time when modern…
Continue ReadingThe 2016 AQUA Biennial meeting, in Auckland New Zealand, 5 – 9th December 2016 is rapidly approaching. This meeting, with the theme Quaternary perspectives from the city of volcanoes is shaping up to be our best ever, with some exciting Keynote speakers and about 110 people submitting Abstracts. More details about the conference, held in…
Continue ReadingBy Ignacio Jara The profound and permanent anthropogenic imprint on the planet and the accelerated rate of environmental change has opened a lively debate about establishing a new human-made geological epoch: the Anthropocene. Widely covered in by the public media, the Anthropocene Working Group has officially recognized that human impacts on the environment are of…
Continue ReadingFor more information about the upcoming conference go to the website at https://www.niwa.co.nz/climate/research-projects/climate-present-and-past/Aqua2016 Great to see so many abstracts (>125) submitted for the upcoming AQUA conference. Early bird registration closes 25th October. https://uoaevents.eventsair.com/biennial-australian-quaternary-association-conference/std-reg/Site/Register
Continue ReadingAqua 2016 in Auckland update: 9 session proposals being decided on, abstract and registration forms will be sent out shortly. Keep 5-9 December free, and the following week if you plan on going on one of the extended field trips!
Continue ReadingThe next AQUA biennial conference will be held in Auckland New Zealand, from the 5-9 December 2016! Topic sessions will be held on the 5-6 & 8-9 December, with calls for session themes and registration details to be sent out in February 2016. At this stage, two mid-conference field trips will be held on the 7th…
Continue ReadingThe Academy, together with the Australian Geoscience Council, has opened a call for applications for a travel grant scheme for Australian and New Zealand ECR Geoscientists. This is a new fund that offers annual grants of up to $5000 for career-enhancing travel, established with the proceeds of the 2012 Brisbane IGC. For conditions and criteria head to the…
Continue ReadingWe’d love your opinion on this article!! Please head to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LTZ5HPP and choose your preferred definition of “The Anthropocene”. If you choose the option of “other” then please email president@aqua.org.au with your other.Votes close at the end of September. First published in Quaternary Australasia, July 2015. – PDF version Helen C. Bostock1, David J. Lowe2, Richard Gillespie3, Rebecca Priestley4, Rewi…
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