New research has found that the Great Barrier Reef, as a whole, is a remarkably effective wave absorber, despite large gaps between the reefs. This means that landward of the reefs, waves are mostly related to local winds rather than offshore wave conditions. As waves break and reduce in height over reefs, this drives currents… Read More Great Barrier Reef is a remarkably efficient wave attenuator
Geology and Geophysics PhD student Seb Pitman has been awarded a postgraduate research award from the Royal Geographical Society. The RGS offers two awards per annum in each of the following disciplines: physical environment; conservation/sustainability; and society/economy. The awards aim to help PhD students establish themselves in their particular field, and are preferentially awarded to… Read More Rip current research attracts funding from the Royal Geographical Society
At the recent AGU Annual Fall Meeting in San Francisco (9th to 13th December), Dr Mark E. Vardy, a Research Fellow in the Geology and Geophysics research group, was a co-convener of a session entitled ‘Climate Change and Cryospheric Systems’. Run in collaboration with Professor Neil Glasser (University of Aberystwyth) and Dr Carol Cotterill (British… Read More G&G at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco: Climate Change and Cryospheric Systems