Cooperative Research Centre

About: Cooperative Research Centre is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Sea ice. The organization has 7633 authors who have published 8607 publications receiving 429721 citations.

Impact of Australia's catastrophic 2019/20 bushfire season on communities and environment. Retrospective analysis and current trends

Abstract: 2019/20 Australia's bushfire season (Black Summer fires) occurred during a period of record breaking temperatures and extremely low rainfall. To understand the impact of these climatic values we conducted a preliminary analysis of the 2019/20 bushfire season and compared it with the fire seasons between March 2000 and March 2020 in the states of New South Wales (NSW), Victoria, and South Australia (SA). Forest and fire management in Australia were asked to provide data on the number of fires, burned area, life and house loss, as well as weather conditions. By March 2020 Black Summer fires burnt almost 19 million hectares, destroyed over 3,000 houses, and killed 33 people. Data showed that they were unprecedented in terms of impact on all areas. A number of mega-fires occurred in NSW resulting in more burned area than in any fire season during the last 20 years. One of them was the largest recorded forest fire in Australian history. Victoria had a season with the highest number of fires, area burned, and second highest numbers of houses lost for the same period. SA had the highest number of houses lost in the last 20 years. Black Summer fires confirmed existing trends of impact categories during the last two decades for NSW and Victoria. It showed that the smoke from the bushfires may be a significant concern in the future for the global community, as it travels to other countries and continents. Based on preliminary data, it will take many years to restore the economy and infrastructure in impacted areas, and to recover animal and vegetation biodiversity.

Variability of fish diets between dry and flood periods in an arid zone floodplain river

Abstract: The fish assemblages of an arid zone floodplain river, Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia, were sampled during two dry periods in isolated waterholes and on the inundated floodplain during the early and late phase of a major flood event Diets were described for nine native species and compared within and between dry and flood periods In the dry season, when fishes were restricted to waterholes, diets were characteristically simple with narrow diet breadths Movement onto the floodplain during flooding clearly increased feeding opportunities, with greater diet breadths evident in all species Despite obvious potential for terrestrial inputs, diets tended to be dominated by aquatic resources in both the waterholes and on the floodplain Stomach fullness, however, varied little between dry season waterhole and floodplain samples Fish appear to feed on potentially lower value resources such as detritus and calanoid copepods during the dry season, when waterholes are isolated and food resources were limited They were then able to capitalize on the "boom" of aquatic production and more diverse food resources associated with episodic flood events

Challenges for composites into the next millennium : a reinforcement perspective

Abstract: This paper summarises the current level of technology within the manufacturing processes of filament winding, fibre placement, pultrusion and advanced textile preforming. It also examines the current problems within each of these manufacturing techniques and the areas of predicted future development.