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Biography
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: ENVS2266 Earth Surface Processes (convenor), ENVS3240 Environmental Change, and ENVS2341 Active Environments (field unit in New Zealand).
Recent and current research 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
Award Date: 1 Jul 1993
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Global climate change, coastal landscape evolution and the intensification of aridity in southern Australia during the Early-Middle Pleistocene Transition
Murray-Wallace, C., Pillans, B., Flament, N., Hesse, P. & Bateman, M.
2/04/20 → 1/04/23
Project: Research
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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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Desertification and the role of climate in Southern Hemisphere deserts
1/07/19 → 1/12/19
Project: Other
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Evaluating and reducing the risk of floodplain wetland disconnection
Ralph, T., Fryirs, K., Hesse, P., Larkin, Z., Berney, P. & Kobayashi, T.
31/03/19 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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A reality check for learning approaches; a bank of mobile Virtual Reality (VR) stations for campus wide applications
Westaway, K., Ralph, T., Hesse, P., George, S., Bulbert, M., Allen, D., Power, R. & Rampe, M.
1/04/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Teaching
Research Outputs
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Climatically modulated dust inputs from New Zealand to the Southwest Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean over the last 410 kyr
Wu, Y., Roberts, A. P., Grant, K. M., Heslop, D., Pillans, B. J., Zhao, X., Rohling, E. J., Ronge, T. A., Ma, M., Hesse, P. P. & Palmer, A. S., May 2021, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36, 5, p. 1-19 19 p., e2020PA003949.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Delineating multiple flow paths in anastomosing river systems with wetlands using DEMs
Ralph, T. J., Farebrother, W., Larkin, Z. T., Ocock, J., Helander, C., Yousefi, N., Kobayashi, T., Hesse, P. P. & Fryirs, K. A., 2021, Proceedings of the 10th Australian Stream Management Conference, 2-4 August 2021. Boyd, T., Coker, M., Gregor, S., Miller, A., Morris, A., Russell, K., Rutherford, I. D., Vietz, G. J., Walker, J. & Wood, A. (eds.). Melbourne: River Basin Management Society, p. 53-60 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
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Exploring the relationship between channel bed control structures and stream power in low-gradient floodplain wetlands
Ralph, T. J., Larkin, Z., Farebrother, W., Ocock, J., Hosking, T., Kobayashi, T., Hughes, M., Hesse, P. P. & Fryirs, K. A., 2021, Proceedings of the 10th Australian Stream Management Conference, 2-4 August 2021. Boyd, T., Coker, M., Gregor, S., Miller, A., Morris, A., Russell, K., Rutherford, I. D., Vietz, G. J., Walker, J. & Wood, A. (eds.). Melbourne: River Basin Management Society, p. 240-246 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
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Refining medium resolution fractional cover for arid Australia to detect vegetation dynamics and wind erosion susceptibility on longitudinal dunes
Shumack, S., Fisher, A. & Hesse, P. P., Nov 2021, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 265, p. 1-20 20 p., 112647.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
The age of dust-a new hydrological indicator in arid environments?
Turner, S., Handley, H., Hesse, P., Schaefer, B. & Dosseto, A., 1 Jun 2021, In: Geology. 49, 6, p. 728-732 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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River Basin Management Society Award for Best Paper
Ralph, Tim (Recipient), Hosking, T. (Recipient), Iles, J. (Recipient) & Hesse, Paul (Recipient), 6 Feb 2012
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