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State of the Climate - 2012

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +1100

This State of the Climate is the second paper produced by CSIRO and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. It provides a summary of observations of Australia’s climate and analysis of the factors that influence it.

Australian Climate Change Science Program

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +1100

CSIRO is maintaining and developing Australia's world-class expertise in climate change science, with a particular focus on the Southern Hemisphere.

State of the Climate

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Australia’s two lead climate science agencies – the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology - have produced a snapshot of the state of the climate to update Australians about how their climate has changed and what it means. (6 pages)

State of the Climate - 2010

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Australia's two lead climate science agencies – the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology - have produced a snapshot of the state of the climate to update Australians about how their climate has changed and what it means.

SEACI: understanding climate change and variability in south-eastern Australia

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000

The South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative's research aimed to improve our understanding of the causes and impacts of climate change and variability in south-eastern Australia, and improve projections of future climate.

Climate variability, climate change and drought in eastern Australia

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100

Australia has a highly variable climate with a naturally occurring cycle of wet and dry periods. Droughts are an expected product of this variability.

OzConverter

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100

OzConverter is a specialist tool to assist in preparing climate change scenario files from OzClim for further processing or downscaling.

Climate change will continue worldwide

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100

Greenhouse gas emissions at or above present rates will cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century. It is very likely that these changes will be larger than those already seen in the past century.

Our climate is changing

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100

In the past century, the global average surface temperature has risen by 0.74 ºC. The observed increase in average temperatures is widespread around the globe, with rising trends recorded on all continents and in the oceans.

Human activities are changing the climate

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100

Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are more than 90 per cent likely to have caused most of the global warming since the mid-20th century.

The science of tackling climate change

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1100

CSIRO is conducting research to help Australia and the world respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by a changing climate. (32 pages)

Establishing planetary boundaries for safety and survival

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000

CSIRO has contributed to a new approach to help safeguard the world from dangerous levels of climate change and other global environmental threats through the setting of planetary boundaries.

Interest grows in biochar’s potential

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000

Biochar is attracting interest because of its potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve soil health. But what is it and can it do all that some claim it can? (2 pages)

Investigating the potential interaction between monsoon systems in Australia and China

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000

CSIRO researchers are working with the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Science to analyse the relationship between southern Australia’s winter rainy season and East Asia’s summer monsoon season.

Researching our climate and weather

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1100

CSIRO conducts research into weather, oceans, climate, drought and atmospheric pollution, concentrating on environmental issues affecting Australia and the Southern Hemisphere.

Science for tomorrow: New developments

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1100

This article contains four stories on bushfire research, design and management of plantings for greenhouse mitigation, the use of local seed in revegetation and indigenous values and water research. (1 page)

The science of climate change

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1100

Climate change poses an urgent threat to Australia and the world. Find out about climate change impacts including greenhouse gases, temperature and sea level changes and science based solutions.

The science of climate change - brochure

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1100

This 6-page brochure gives a concise summary of the scientific evidence about climate change and its impacts for Australia.

Basin climate variability in the spotlight

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1100

Ongoing research involving the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO is helping scientists to better understand climate variability in the vast Murray-Darling Basin. (3 pages)

Oceans of change: oceans and climate change

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Just as our changing climate is influencing changes on the land, climate change is also having an effect beneath the waves of the world’s oceans and coastal waterways.

Australasian ocean currents

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Four ocean and coastal currents in the Australasian region are significant in shaping marine environmental conditions and our climate. Research in the Wealth from Oceans Flagship and its partners seeks to better understand these currents and the role they play in our environment.

Marine life and our changing climate

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Our changing climate has implications for the distribution of marine species and the links between both populations of the same species and populations of different species.

Carbon dioxide, the ocean and climate change

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

As the Southern Ocean absorbs increasing amounts of carbon dioxide, its chemistry is changing with potentially significant impacts on marine life.

CSIRO's contribution to Garnaut Climate Change Review

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1000

CSIRO experts are available for media interviews to provide information about the science in the Garnaut Climate Change Review Draft Report.

Understanding and predicting climate change

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1000

A deep understanding of the oceans and atmosphere gives CSIRO a capacity to predict climate change and assess its impact.

CLLAMMecology Science Briefing presentation

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +1000

A presentation by Dr Dan Rogers, University of Adelaide, on bird communities and Ruppia vegetation. (17 pages)

CLLAMMecology Science Briefing presentation

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +1000

A presentation by Dr Rebecca Lester, Flinders University, about modelling the states of the Coorong and ecological responses. (38 pages)

CLLAMMecology Science Briefing presentation

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +1000

A presentation by Dr Qifeng Ye, SARDI Aquatic Sciences, launches the Fisheries Research Development Corporation joint project: 'Flow related fish and fisheries ecology in the Coorong, South Australia'. (21 pages)

Science for tomorrow: developments

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +1000

This article contains four stories on flowering in crops, regional biodiversity, measuring carbon and producing bio-crude. (1 page)

Global nitrogen fixation distribution - a plant ecology mystery

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Researchers may have shown why nitrogen fixing plants that work with bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen gas into an essential biological nutrient (ammonia) tend to prevail in the world’s tropical regions rather than higher latitudes.

A new simple, fast and inexpensive technique for measuring carbon in soils

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +1100

CSIRO's technique will help predict the carbon status of any region in Australia.

Scenarios for the Great Barrier Reef catchment: learning from the future workshop

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1100

A powerpoint presentation of the material presented to the workshop in Cairns, 14 February 2008, hosted by CSIRO-led Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, in which possible future scenarios for the Great Barrier Reef Catchment were discussed. (67 pages)

Rates of carbon sequestration in environmental plantings in north-central Victoria

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1100

This paper was presented at 'Veg Futures: the conference in the field 06' held in Albury, New South Wales in March 2006. (11 pages)

Ancient climate secrets raised from ocean depths

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1100

Scientists aboard the research vessel, Southern Surveyor, return to Hobart today with a collection of coral samples and photographs taken in the Southern Ocean at greater depths than ever before.

Carbon accounting in forests

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1100

The proceedings of an international workshop held at CSIRO in February 2003. (94 pages)

Putting remote sensing on the map

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1100

CSIRO remote sensing technologies contributed to Australia's National Carbon Accounting System (NCAS), regarded as world's best, to allow accurate measurement of greenhouse gas emissions.

Valuing recreation in the Murray: report summary

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1100

A summary of the full technical report of the assessment of the non-market recreational values at Barmah Forest and the Coorong. (12 pages)

River Murray floodplain inundation model

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1100

Details of the support available for decision-making among the managers of one of Australia’s most important water resources are provided in this fact sheet. (2 pages)

Carbon dynamics in Australia’s tropical north

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +1100

We are measuring carbon stocks and fluxes to investigate a future role for tropical savannas in greenhouse gas offsets and potential carbon trading.

Speaker's notes and abstracts: hydrological consequences of climate change symposium

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1100

Download the full program with presentation abstracts for the Hydrological Consequences of Climate Change Symposium. (80 pages)

In search of sustainability

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +1000

The key issues we must address if we are to move towards a more just and sustainable future are addressed in this publication.

The Great Global Warming Swindle: a critique

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000

This 11-page article critiques the controversial documentary on climate change by British television producer Mr Martin Durkin, The Great Global Warming Swindle.

Humans do contribute to global warming

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000

This four-page article is a response to questioning of mainstream climate change assumptions, including the assumption that humans have contributed to the warming we have observed over the past century.

The science of discussing climate change

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000

Dr Paul Fraser argues in Melbourne's The Age newspaper that science is best debated through a peer-reviewed publication process.

Why The Great Global Warming Swindle is wrong

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000

Dr Raupach responds to the UK television program The Great Global Warming Swindle, airing on ABC television on Thursday 12 July 2007.

Refuting claims that climate forecasts are all up in the air

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000

Dr Andrew Ash, Acting Director of the Climate Adaption Flagship, responds to an article titled 'Forecasts all up in the Air' by Professor Bob Carter, of James Cook University, that appeared in the Brisbane Courier Mail 30 June 2007.

Australian Wind Science on Song for Alinghi in America's Cup Win

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000

CSIRO scientist, Dr Jack Katzfey, has put his research through one of the toughest sailing contests - and contributed to a resounding 5-2 victory in Spain today for the America's Cup defender, Alinghi.

Program: hydrological consequences of climate change symposium

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +1000

Download the program for the Hydrological Consequences of Climate Change Symposium. (3 pages)

Indonesian throughflow

Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 +1000

View an animated video of the ocean currents to the north of Australia which influence regional weather patterns and climate. (0:10)

Climate change effects on marine ecosystems report

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +1000

Co-author of the Impacts of climate change on Australian marine life report, Dr Alistair Hobday, says climate change is likely to have important consequences for spawning patterns and productivity cycles in the ocean.