Forest Hydrology at Melbourne
The Forest Hydrology at Melbourne page provides a regular update of research activities within the Forest Hydrology group at The University of Melbourne.
20/02/2020
https://twitter.com/vicsesnews/status/1227431968087969792
VICSES News on Twitter “Did you know that VICSES is the control agency for landslide? This week VICSES Corryong Unit attended a landslide that occurred after heavy rain fell on fire affected hillside. Great work by everyone involved in this mammoth clean up! 👏”
16/02/2020
With Australia's Hillsides Stripped Bare By Fire, Scientists Rush To Predict Mudflows Heavy rains in eastern Australia are causing mudslides and debris flows in areas that burned. Scientists are trying to predict when and where slides are likely to happen.
18/01/2020
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/bushfires-and-storms-threaten-water-supply-and-much-more
Bushfires and storms threaten water supply and much more Burned forests in steep mountains can be just as hazardous after the rains come and the flames have been extinguished explain University of Melbourne experts.
30/05/2019
Freak mud flows threaten our water supplies, and climate change is raising the risk Australia's water supplies are at risk as climate extremes provoke erosion events that threaten lakes and dams.
15/04/2019
Senior Project Officer - Climate & Water Resources Dept of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, $96-117k, East Melbourne
11/04/2019
Congratulations to Petter Nyman, one of our groups Post-docs, on his new research paper out this week in Geology journal linking debris flows with Enso cycles in south eastern Australia. Not an easy journal to get into - Geology is the highest ranked geological sciences journal in the world for the last 13 years. Quite an achievement!
Debris flows in southeast Australia linked to drought, wildfire, and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation | Geology | GeoScienceWorld Petter Nyman, Ian D. Rutherfurd, Patrick N.J. Lane, Gary J. Sheridan; Debris flows in southeast Australia linked to drought, wildfire, and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation. Geology doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G45939.1
Casual Research Assistant (RA1) field work for 2 weeks from April 1 2019, with possible additional work following this. The project work involves working with Gary Sheridan and Petter Nyman from SEFS and assisting visiting colleagues from Swansea University (UK) and United States Forest Service (USFS) setting up post-fire erosion research sites in the Thompson Reservoir catchment (near Mt Baw Baw, Victoria) which was burned extensively in February 2019. The work is part of an international collaborative project “ Fire and water: predicting and mitigating water pollution risk from wildfire ash” funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the UK's leading public funder of environmental science. Field work will involve working with a small team in steep remote, burned, forested areas installing erosion monitoring equipment and collecting soil and ash samples and staying overnight in nearby accommodation. Accommodation and meals provided.
Please contact Gary on 0429859384 or [email protected] asap for more details.
22/02/2019
29/10/2018
26/09/2018
Risk Analyst - Forest and Fire Dept of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, $82-93k, Heidelberg, Victoria
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