Dr Micha Campbell

Add another tally to the "things you can do on public transport."

Amazing what the bus and train drivers will let you bring on board if you wait till off peak and give them a big smile.

PS i know the Germans won't blink an eye, but Australia is so car centred it's hard for people to fathom taking the PT, let alone using it to move furniture.

#CarFree #MidCentury #LowCar #NoCar #PublicTransport

Very nice trip out to Kellerberin last week - the first fieldwork for my new position!

Despite the dry July, the wheatbelt is looking lush, and we saw a bobtail!

Happy Census day, to all those who celebrate!

Nothing like a job mailing list calling you a 'strong candidate' for a graduate position when you've got a PhD and nearly 7 years of post-PhD experience...

Despite the government announcing some extra $$ for CSIRO in the budget, it looks like planned cuts are going ahead.

Worryingly, it looks like this will affect the maintenance and development of the ACCESS model - Australia's own earth system model, and the model we use to make contributions to international climate research efforts (including IPCC reports).

"Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck. It lives on other people's ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders (in all fields) so lack curiosity about the events that surround them that they are often taken by surprise."

Good piece in the Conversation today about the impact of CSIRO cuts on the ACCESS modelling team - and the national and global implications.

I appreciate the authors' commentary on the risk of brain drain. It increasingly feels like Australia just isn't a great place to have a science career.

https://theconversation.com/csiro-is-cutting-climate-science-jobs-this-is-whats-at-stake-for-australia-283370

#CSIRO #CSIROCuts #AusPol

The #BOM is looking for a hydrologist - position sounds pretty applied, but interesting (and ongoing!!). Aussie citizens only, unfortunately.

#GetFediHired #FediJobs #Hydrology #Australia

https://bomcareers.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.checkJobDetailsNewApplication&returnToEvent=jobs.listJobs&jobid=1D1FDC5D-17D2-481E-D187-ECDA41CAEDCF&CurATC=EXT&CurBID=7B42A027%2D5B8B%2DCC7C%2D26F9%2DD1A55C114271&JobListID=22FC4F47%2DE994%2D46A3%2DB8C9%2D9BC901269F43&jobsListKey=557c746f%2D7d5c%2D459d%2D865e%2Df41635fd7f54&persistVariables=CurATC,CurBID,JobListID,jobsListKey,JobID&lid=74251670108&rmuh=71FC8000F156A9B7EA64D2FAD7C69BDB6623CCF6

It's definitely the stage of the week before holidays where I regret not already being on holidays.

As an out-of-practice Spanish speaker, my poor brain really struggles with listening to Greek. Some of the intonation and sounds are so similar to Spanish that I try to understand, but I don't actually speak Greek...

A pleasure to have been able to see Prof Ben Newell present tonight on "Climate Risk and Response: A Behavioural Challenge?".

A couple of things struck me.

1. There is a mismatch between risk and perception of risk, and survey respondents both over and underestimate risk. This has got to be related to education in the earth sciences. We need to keep our geology and geography departments running!

2. I really appreciated Ben's point in this "omnicrisis" that we actually cant disentangle climate from the other crises. We won't solve the cost of living without climate solutions! Now how do we communicate this...

Something I've missed the most being based at research institutions or govt departments in the last 6 years has been access to a wide variety of seminars! Looking forward to making the most of being back on campus.