J.R. Hunter, PhD, BSc (Hons)
John Hunter is an oceanographer working in an emeritus position at the
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania. His
current interests are the sea-level rise induced by climate change, and the
response of Antarctic ice shelf cavities to global warming. His interest in sea-level
rise was initially stimulated in the mid-1990s by his work (with others) on the
historic sea-level mark at the Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur, which indicated
where sea level was in 1841. This was one of the first such marks struck
anywhere in the world for the scientific investigation of sea level. Recent
work has involved investigations of sea-level rise in Australia, the U.S., and
in the Indian Ocean and Pacific regions, and the way in which this rise
increases the frequency and likelihood of flooding events. He was the original
developer of the Canute sea-level rise decision-support tool.
In recent years he developed a method of deriving sea-level planning allowances
based on projections of sea-level rise and present storm-tides; the techniques
has been used in Tasmania, Victoria and more widely around Australia, New Zealand
and Canada. He has a keen
interest in seeing that the science of climate change is accurately
communicated, not distorted by the so-called "climate skeptics" and is
appropriately incorporated into public policy.
For further information, contact John Hunter
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