Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120101998
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
Coral reefs, climate change and land-based pollution: past, present and future impacts on coral reef development. Major threats to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) include climate change and deteriorating water quality. Environmental histories in the skeletons of reef building organisms will be used to determine how past, present and future environmental threats influence the growth and development of the GBR. Findings will help set national water quality targets.
Climate and natural hazards in Australasia: a comprehensive impact analysis of prehistoric droughts, great earthquakes, and the Toba super-eruption. Climate change, great earthquakes, and volcanic disasters pose untold risks for environmental, economic, and social harm in rapidly developing Australasia. This project's ground-breaking natural hazard risk analysis will showcase Australasia's research strengths and provide fundamental knowledge for visionary leadership in sustainable development.