Faced with the threat of more frequent weather events, society must change its land use habits in order to protect our precious waterways from further damage.
That is the view of new Professor David Hamilton who has joined Griffith University’s internationally renowned Australian Rivers Institute, bringing with him years of research and knowledge on lake ecology.
Taking the helm as Deputy Director, Professor Hamilton’s research focuses on algal blooms, nutrients cycles and the use of models for prediction and management of lake ecosystems.
Professor Hamilton previously led a research group at the University of Waikato known as Lake Ecosystem Restoration New Zealand (LERNZ). LERNZ was a ten-year $10 million initiative to identify and remediate threats to lake ecosystems. He said the biggest threats to ecosystems were climate change and diffuse pollution from land use.
“The frequency of the 1 in 100-year storms is likely to double, they’ll be one in 50 years and the cyclones
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