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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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Desertification and the role of climate in Southern Hemisphere deserts
1/07/19 → 1/12/19
Project: Other
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, A., Power, R. & Rampe, M.
1/04/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Teaching
Accelerated sedimentation rates in Pilliga wetlands determined with radioisotopic stratigraphy and AMS 14C dating
1/07/16 → 30/09/16
Project: Research
Research Outputs 1985 2019
Macro-charcoal accumulation in floodplain wetlands: problems and prospects for reconstruction of fire regimes and environmental conditions
Graves, B. P., Ralph, T. J., Hesse, P. P., Westaway, K. E., Kobayashi, T., Gadd, P. S. & Mazumder, D., 24 Oct 2019, In : PLoS ONE. 14, 10, p. 1-33 33 p., e0224011.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Wetlands
fire regime
Charcoal
charcoal
floodplains
Sand seas
Hesse, P., 2019, Aeolian geomorphology: a new introduction. Livingstone, I. & Warren, A. (eds.). 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, p. 179-208 30 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
The response of vegetation cover and dune activity to rainfall, drought and fire observed by multitemporal satellite imagery
Fisher, A. & Hesse, P., 22 Aug 2019, In : Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
drought
satellite imagery
vegetation cover
dune
rainfall
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
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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