Research
We bring together an active portfolio of projects and partnerships spanning coastal, water, and climate challenges.
Our work includes investigation of groundwater-coastal interactions, coastal wetland evolution under sea-level rise, and the role of marine microbes in ecosystem resilience.
In the water space, our projects address palaeohydrology, environmental antimicrobial resistance, wastewater recycling technologies, groundwater recharge processes, and ecohydrological modelling to support long-term water management.
Our climate projects focus on heatwave resilience, tropical cyclone reconstruction, past climate analogues using speleothems, and methods for understanding vegetation and ecosystem responses to environmental change.
Projects are supported through collaborations with government agencies, industry partners, national research groups, and international experts.
International collaboration
- GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong
- International Ocean Discovery Programme – IODP3 Expedition 501 - 41 science team members from 13 nations (Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA)
- Earth, Energy & Environment Center, The University of Kansas, USA
- Bremen University, Marum, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Germany
- Dipartimento Ingegneria Industrial (Dept. Industrial Engineering), University of Trento, Italy
- Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia (Fine Arts) University of Trento, Italy
- Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Institut fur Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg Universitat, Mainz, Germany
- Dipartimento Scienze della Terra (Earth Sciences), University of Turin, Italy
- Dipartimento Scienze della Terra (Earth Sciences), University of Milan, Milano, Italy
- Department of Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna, Austria
- Institute for Applied Geosciences, Graz University of Technology, Austria
- HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research, Budapest, Hungary
- Nanolab, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary
- IBS Center for Climate Physics, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
- Dept Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan ROC
- Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Faculty of Science, Environment, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Earth Sciences, Xi’an Jaotong University, China
- Global Footprint Network
- University of Hawaii, USA
- Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
- University of Derby, UK
- California Academy of Sciences, USA
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
- Pennsylvania State University, USA
- University of Konstanz, Germany
- University of Lisbon, Portugal
- University of Ryukyus, Japan
- Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, USA
- Centre for Disaster Resilience, Salford, UK
- Copenhagen Centre for Disaster Research, Denmark
- University of Barcelona, Spain
- University of Rosario, Argentina
- University of Valencia, Spain
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
- Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, USA
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Argentina
- National Technical University of Athens ( Dept. of Water Resources Management)
- Aarhus University, Denmark (School of Architecture)
- University of Costa Rica (School of Architecture).
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.