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Climate Change

Do you live in the Byron Bay region and want to know more about climate change?

A new centre set up in the region is stepping up its research in the area of climate change.

The Southern Cross University’s Centre for Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Communities provides scientific information and advice on the potential effects of regional climate change on local communities and industries.

The centre is also looking at finding sustainable solutions.

Centre director Associate Professor Graham Jones said it is important to find out about the impact of climate change on regional and coastal communities around Australia.

He told the ABC that he hopes the centre can address a lack of local information on the effects of climate change.

“In this region we don’t have a lot of data to make predictive predictions if you like about what might happen to rainfall in the next 20 odd years or so. Now we need that information, and if we haven’t got it, then we need to set up rain monitoring gauges, not only to measure rainfall, but to measure wind stress and wind direction.”

One of the Centre’s activities has been a project with Rous Water to improve the water quality and minimise algal and weed growth in the Emigrant Creek Dam, which supplies water for Ballina and Lennox Head.

The Centre can be contacted on 66203009 or email graham.jones@scu.edu.au.

Posted: Friday, October 20th, 2006 Under: Environment, News. | Home |

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