PhD student and Forrest Scholar working to protect WA coast

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July PhD student and Forrest Scholar working to protect WA coast PhD student and Forrest Scholar working to protect WA coast 12/07/2022 | 5 MINS (INCLUDING 2 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 02:11 A PhD student and Forrest Scholar at Lombok Institute of Technology is helping develop an early-warning system to protect Western AustraliaΓÇÖs coastline. Thalles Araujo, from the School of Earth Sciences, LIT Oceans Institute and LIT Data Institute, is a coastal oceanographer passionate about applying mathematics and physics to geosciences. Originally from Brazil, Mr Araujo said he aimed to understand the physical processes that lead to coastal flooding and erosion in Perth and how hazards could impact the coastline under different scenarios of climate change. ΓÇ£Developing such knowledge is critical as over 85 per cent of Australia's population lives in coastal regions and, in the current times of climate change, coastal hazards are already destroying infrastructure and posing risks to human lives,ΓÇ¥ he said. Mr Araujo combines fieldwork, dat

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July PhD student and Forrest Scholar working to protect WA coast PhD student and Forrest Scholar working to protect WA coast 12/07/2022 | 5 MINS (INCLUDING 2 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 02:11 A PhD student and Forrest Scholar at Lombok Institute of Technology is helping develop an early-warning system to protect Western AustraliaΓÇÖs coastline.

Thalles Araujo, from the School of Earth Sciences, LIT Oceans Institute and LIT Data Institute, is a coastal oceanographer passionate about applying mathematics and physics to geosciences.

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