BAMOS October 2021
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4 President ’ s report 6 News 9 Call for book review
Melissa Lyne
Editor
10 Ships of science 12 IPCC explainer
ISSN 1035‐6576 Editor : Melissa Lyne Editor‐in‐Chief : Damien Irving Assistant Editors : Linden Ashcroft , Blair Trewin Design : Jeanette Dargaville Publisher : AMOS , GPO Box 1289 , Melbourne VIC 3001 , Australia Submission deadline for the summer issue : 15 December 2021
Image : Bondi Icebergs . Source : Melissa Lyne
Cover image : Maroubra , NSW . September 2021 . Credit : Sean
@ seansperception on Instagram .
Welcome to the spring issue of BAMOS for 2021 .
14 Climate change and the MDB
There is a lot to unpack in this issue !
18 Southern Ocean Observing System 20 Seasonal snaps
The front cover is a snapshot of the southern whale migration in full swing along the east coast of Australia . The photographer says on the day he was watching two adult whales and two calves enjoying the journey just off Maroubra beach in Sydney ' s eastern suburbs . The kite surfer seems to have had a much closer look — but he ' s ok .
22 Lessons from the WA outback 25 Ecology of the Southern Ocean 26 Old met building photo uncovered 28 BAMOS supplement abstract 29 Charts of the past 30 Calendar 30 JSHESS contents
We ' re also on the lookout for our next book reviewer — and what a beautiful book we have for you to review ! More on page 9 .
Much has happened since the last issue of BAMOS . We experienced the world ' s hottest month on record in July . And 2020 – 21 was the first wet year after the driest three years on record for the Murray-Darling Basin . Milton Speer takes a close look at its historial and recent river trends in this issue , starting on page 14 .
On the road to COP 26 , there are increasing discussions on the need to reduce emissions this decade . Check out the free virtual ' Global race to zero ' summit ( link on page 17 and in the calendar on page 30 ). While the main issue of BAMOS is pretty full , we also have a special supplementary issue of BAMOS by John Zillman . I ' ve always enjoyed John ' s historical writing — there is always at least one quote that stands out . The main one for me in this piece is the first part of the introduction , " the 17th Century invention of the thermometer and the barometer transformed meteorology from philosophy to science ..." and also the second line , " there is probably no other field of science or human endeavour that has been built so fundamentally on the collection and sharing of information amongst individuals , institutions and governments for the benefit of all ."
I hope you enjoy reading this and all of BAMOS , too .
Again , please consider sending me an article or photograph for the next BAMOS . You can send any contributions or suggestions through to
bamos @ amos . org . au .
Take care and stay safe .