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I research and teach in the fields of geomorphology and Quaternary science. I investigate how past climate changes have shaped earth surface processes, now and in the past. Much of my research has examined arid and semi-arid (dryland) regions of Australia. I am interested in how climate change has influenced desert sand dunes, dust storms, rivers, wetlands and vegetation cover and how those feed back into climate change.
I am Convenor of the Bachelor of Environment course and teach several units within the Environmental Earth Science major: ENVS266 Earth Surface Processes (convenor), ENVS340 Environmental Change, and ENVS341 Advanced Environmental Earth Science (field unit in New Zealand).
Recent and current reseasrch projects include: history of rivers in the Murray-Darling Basin over the last 100 000 years and how their discharge has decreased dramatically as global temperatures increased; how drought affects vegetation cover and wind erosion on sand dunes in the Simpson Desert; the global distribution of desert sand dunes, their activity and climatic sensitivity; the links between rivers, wetlands and dunefields in central Argentina (Mendoza province).
Education/Academic qualification
Quaternary Palaeoclimatology, PhD, Australian National University
1 Apr 1989 → 3 Apr 1993
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Projects 2006 2021
Evaluating and reducing the risk of floodplain wetland disconnection
Ralph, T., Fryirs, K., Hesse, P., Larkin, Z., Berney, P. & Kobayashi, T.
31/03/19 → 31/03/21
Project: Other
MQ Marine Research Centre
George, S., Armand, L., Armbrecht, L., Bishop, M., Brock, G., Daczko, N., Dadd, K., Goodwin, I., Grech, A., Hesse, P., Irvine, A., Jacob, D., Kennedy, M., Kosnik, M., Loehr, S., Madin, E., Madin, J., Ostrowski, M., Paulsen, I., Saintilan, N., Tetu, S., Williamson, J., Wood, L. & O'Brien, P.
1/07/15 → …
Project: Research
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Appointments and Schedules
Research
Desertification and the role of climate in Southern Hemisphere deserts
1/07/19 → 1/12/19
Project: Other
Accelerated sedimentation rates in Pilliga wetlands determined with radioisotopic stratigraphy and AMS 14C dating
1/07/16 → 30/09/16
Project: Research
Will the Esperance and Waroona bushfires lead to destabilisation of coastal sand dunes?
8/02/16 → 31/07/16
Project: Research
Research Output 1985 2018
A nested hierarchical perspective to enhance interpretations and communication in fluvial geomorphology for use in water resources management: lessons from the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Fryirs, K. A., Ralph, T. J., Larkin, Z. T., Tooth, S., Humphries, M., Mccarthy, T., Hesse, P. P. & Mosimanyana, E., Jun 2018, In : Geographical Journal. 184, 2, p. 192-207 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
fluvial geomorphology
Botswana
communication
water
interpretation
Assessing the geomorphic disturbance from fires on coastal dunes near Esperance, Western Australia: implications for dune de-stabilisation
Shumack, S. & Hesse, P., Apr 2018, In : Aeolian Research. 31, Part A, p. 29-49 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
dune
stabilization
disturbance
vegetation
eolian process
Assessment of channel expansion and contraction using cross-section data from repeated LiDAR acquisitions in the Macquarie Marshes, NSW
Yousefi, N., Ralph, T. J., Farebrother, W., Chang, H-C. & Hesse, P. P., 12 Aug 2018, Proceedings of the 9th Australian Stream Management Conference: 12–15 August 2018, Hobart, Tasmania. Vietz, G. J. & Rutherfurd, I. D. (eds.). Melbourne, Victoria: River Basin Management Society, p. 103-110 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › Research › peer-review
contraction
marsh
cross section
erosion
sediment
Dramatic reduction in size of the lowland Macquarie River in response to Late Quaternary climate-driven hydrologic change
Hesse, P. P., Williams, R., Ralph, T. J., Larkin, Z. T., Fryirs, K. A., Westaway, K. E. & Yonge, D., Sep 2018, In : Quaternary Research (United States). 90, 2, p. 360-379 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
climate
river
Rivers
Climate
Palaeochannels
Late quaternary fluvial incision and aggradation in the Lesser Himalaya, India
Dosseto, A., May, J-H., Choi, J-H., Swander, Z. J., Fink, D., Korup, O., Hesse, P., Singh, T., Mifsud, C. & Srivastava, P., 1 Oct 2018, In : Quaternary Science Reviews. 197, p. 112-128 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
aggradation
India
monsoon
beryllium isotope
beryllium
Prizes
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geomorphology
desert
geology
River Basin Management Society Award for Best Paper
Timothy Ralph (Recipient), Tim Hosking (Recipient), Jordan Iles (Recipient) & Paul Hesse (Recipient), 6 Feb 2012
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