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New membersThe GSA welcomes the following new members to the Society.May you all have a long and beneficial association with the GSA.ACTM E M B E RCaroline PrevotGabrielle YatesNSWS T U D E N TLeeora Gubbay-NemesKimberley RobinsonJames SaundersNicola TurnerM E M B E RSeiw Wei GohGraham SmithQLDS T U D E N TDaniel JamesLaura KayeMatthew KindervaterAnannya MazumderKate McNamaraShoshannah O’ConnorZoe PetrovanskyAlison StearnesG R A D U AT ECaroline WoodsM E M B E RAndrew BassonSAS T U D E N TAlicia CarusoMatthew FargherSamuel Lutterdal-HuserGeorgia MatthewsMitchell NeumannIrraisha SorianoBenjamin Van Der HoekTASS T U D E N TLouise BlythStephanie CesileGisela Cobenas-BenitesFrancis CoulbourneChristopher HildrewTravis HolmesCeinwen PricePawan RaiWilliam RowlandsShane StanfieldJeffrey SteadmanJonathan TraynorM E M B E RRebecca CareyVICS T U D E N TRobert BarrattEstephany Marillo SialerLaura SpelbrinkM E M B E RRoger PowellWAS T U D E N TJianwei ZiMatthew HillHuiqing HuangErwann LebrunPhilip Pohlenz-SawJacinta RiedelZeng QingtaoM E M B E RAlessandra BaltAndrew MuncktonAndreas ScheibLost membersMail from the following members has been returned to the GSA,as all their contact details are out of date. If you know thesemembers and have their contact details, please emailinfo@gsa.org.au or call 02 9290 2194. Thanks in advancefor your assistance.Justin AndersonKaren AndersonNicole CoxMark DaviesGareth HendersonIlija JokicStephen ParkesTAG September 2012| 5
Society UpdateTowards a GSA Climate Change StatementIthank GSA Past President, Peter Legge, for his timely letter inthe last issue of TAG (TAG 163, June 2012) in which hesuggested a set of guiding principles, followed by commentstowards developing a GSA Climate Change Statement. Peter’swords echo those received from many GSA members, indicatinga strong preference for a science-based statement regardingclimate change, emphasising the contributions that Earth Sciencecan make to the public discussion.The statement should certainly emphasise that thegeological record contains unequivocal evidence of past climatechanges, including periods when global climate was bothsignificantly warmer and colder than the present. Furthermore,geological evidence demonstrates that Earth’s climate system isinherently and naturally variable over a variety of time-scales.Clearly, it is sensitive to a variety of factors including planetaryscale controls such as Solar and orbital variability and evenlarge impact events. Tectonics and plate movements areimportant because they have major influences on erosion,volcanism and ocean circulation, while Earth-specific factorssuch as biological feedbacks and atmospheric composition mustalso be considered. It follows, therefore, that a detailed,science-based understanding of the climate history of the Earth,based on the geological record, is essential to appreciate andquantitatively unravel the various sensitivites contributing toclimate variations both short-term and long-term. I describedsome of the elements of understanding past climate changesand their causes in my report on Quaternary climate change inTAG 158 (March 2011).At the time of writing, I am about to step down as GSAPresident and will take the lead in preparing a draft GSA ClimateChange Statement, based on member feedback received duringthe consultation period of the last several months. I sincerelyapologise that I have not yet completed a draft statement, butthe months leading up to the Society’s Council Meeting andAGM at the IGC in Brisbane have been an extremely busy periodfor me and the GSA Executive Committee. I hope that you willagree that it is far better to produce a carefully considered draftdocument than one that is rushed.BRAD PILLANSPast President, GSAISSUE COPY FINISHED INSERTSARTDECEMBER 2012 26 Oct 2 Nov 9 NovMARCH 2013 28 Jan 1 Feb 1 MarJUNE 2013 29 Apr 3 May 28 MaySEPTEMBER 2013 29 Jul 9 Aug 23 Aug6 |TAG September 2012
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