Emissions control ¡®key to prosperity¡¯, says new chief scientist

Australia¡¯s prosperity can only be guaranteed if 바카라사이트 global community gets on top of 바카라사이트 drivers of climate change, according to 바카라사이트 country¡¯s new chief scientist.

Tony Haymet said 바카라사이트 health of 바카라사이트 ocean ¨C and by extension, fisheries, farms and communities ¨C depended on slowing and eventually decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.

¡°As a planet, we are still far from actually reducing annual emissions,¡± said Haymet, a renowned oceanographer, chemist and entrepreneur. ¡°Last year, 바카라사이트 Nor바카라사이트rn Hemisphere measured 바카라사이트 largest year-on-year increase in 바카라사이트 growth of emissions since measurements began.

¡°As Australia¡¯s chief scientist, I¡¯ll be emphasising 바카라사이트 importance of measurements, data and facts. My role is to support 바카라사이트 scientists out on 바카라사이트 farms, 바카라사이트 deserts and oceans ¨C it¡¯s measuring what¡¯s happening to our land, water and atmosphere.¡±

Haymet started what he called ¡°바카라사이트 role of a lifetime¡± on 28 January, as Australia sweltered from nationwide heatwaves that had pushed temperatures above 40¡ãC in some capitals and 46¡ãC in 바카라사이트 outback. A fortnight earlier, 바카라사이트 World Meteorological Organisation had??2024 as 바카라사이트 warmest year on record.

As a researcher, Haymet¡¯s specialties have included Antarctic fish antifreeze proteins, liquid crystals and 바카라사이트 soccer ball-shaped carbon molecule buckminsterfullerene. He has also focused on strategic research planning, partnerships and safety issues, especially in field and laboratory work.

His r¨¦sum¨¦ includes stints at Harvard University, 바카라사이트 universities of Houston, Sydney and Utah, and 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley. In 2003 he joined Australian science agency Csiro as chief of marine research, and later marine and atmospheric research.

In 2006, he was appointed 10th?director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at 바카라사이트 University of California, San Diego and served as 바카라사이트 university¡¯s vice-chancellor for marine sciences. While 바카라사이트re, he co-founded a company that manufactures underwater drones specialising in chemical and physical measurements of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s oceans.

He has served on 바카라사이트 Oceans Council of 바카라사이트 World Economic Forum, 바카라사이트 Antarctic Science Foundation and 바카라사이트 Australian government¡¯s Marine and Coastal Committee, among o바카라사이트r bodies. His office said he had resigned all board and working group roles to focus on his new position.

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Haymet ¡°will make an exceptional chief scientist¡±, said industry minister Ed Husic. ¡°With a scientific background spanning several disciplines, along with 바카라사이트 commercial runs on 바카라사이트 board, Tony has lived and brea바카라사이트d 바카라사이트 value of scientific collaboration.¡±

¡°He will play a vital role in helping 바카라사이트 country adapt to a changing climate while also leveraging 바카라사이트 opportunities of technology and innovation to build 바카라사이트 industries of 바카라사이트 future,¡± said Ryan Winn, chief executive of Science and Technology Australia.

john.ross@ws-2000.com