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The impact of declining rainfall and ocean forcing on morphology and dynamics of an island fresh groundwater lens, South-West Western Australia

Sharifazari, S McCallum, J Meredith, K Johnson, F Palmer, JG Turney, CSM Andersen, MS

Fresh groundwater lenses are an important natural source of potable water for communities on small oceanic islands but are highly vulnerable to climate variability and long-term trends such as prol...

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Developing robust lake sediment chronologies using 210Pb, Pu and radiocarbon dating of pollen concentrates and macrofossil: A case study from Lake Surprise, Victoria, Australia

Dharmarathna, A Cadd, H Barr, C Francke, A Hua, Q Child, D Hotchkis, M Zawadzki, A Gadd, P Turney, C Marjo, CE Tibby, J Tyler, JJ

The development of reliable sediment chronologies is crucial for accurate interpretations of decadal to century-scale palaeoenvironmental changes in the late Quaternary. Although radiocarbon dating...

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Westerly wind shifts drove Southern Hemisphere mid-latitude peat growth since the last glacial

Thomas, ZA Cadd, H Turney, C Becerra-Valdivia, L Haines, HA Marjo, C Fogwill, C Carter, S Brickle, P

Extratropical peatlands in the Southern Hemisphere preserve detailed information on climatic and environmental change going back millennia. They are particularly valuable for understanding the evol...

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Using Astin’s I-E-O model to explain the supervisor’s role in doctoral outcomes at a highly selective Russian university

Bekova, S Maloshonok, N

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The coming wave of confluent biosynthetic, bioinformational and bioengineering technologies.

Pretorius, IS Dixon, TA Boers, M Paulsen, IT Johnson, DL

Information and energy flows form the basis of all economic activity, with advanced technologies underpinning both. Profound uncertainties caused by geostrategic forces have accelerated a trillion-...

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Coexistence, Extinction and Survival-The Evolutionary History of Bison Species in Western Eurasia.

Llamas, B van Loenen, AL Mitchell, KJ Hofman-Kamińska, E Bocherens, H Heiniger, H Pacher, M Makowiecki, D Piličiauskienė, G Drucker, DG Brown, D Thomas, ZA Turney, CSM Kowalczyk, R Cooper, A

European bison (Bison bonasus) are one of the few European megafaunal species to survive the Late Pleistocene mass megafaunal extinction. Current conservation management efforts have proceeded in t...

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Long-term planning optimisation of sustainable energy systems: A systematic review and meta-analysis of trends, drivers, barriers, and prospects

Mohseni, S Brent, AC

The long-term planning and optimisation of renewable and sustainable energy systems is indispensable for the efficient allocation of finite resources, especially in the context of the growing deplo...

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Intentions versus outcomes in doctoral degree completion

Bekova, S

The decline in doctoral program completion has become one of the main challenges in doctoral education worldwide. As concern about this issue grows, the number of studies examining the topic has al...

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The age and position of the southern boundary of prehistoric Polynesian dispersal

Anderson, A Becerra-Valdivia, L Cadd, H Marjo, CE Palmer, J Turney, C Wilmshurst, JM

Prehistoric Polynesian voyaging into high latitudes with landfall in Antarctica remains a widely credited proposition. We examine it through archaeological and environmental evidence from the Suban...

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The determinants of university strategic positioning and the obscuring of institutional diversity: an Australian case study

Zipparo, J

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the recent body of research exploring strategic positioning, and the processes and factors which influence the development and content of university st...

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