Gas Processing and Conversion: fuel for Australia's future

CSIRO is developing technologies to efficiently and economically convert the nation's abundant natural gas reserves into synthetic liquid fuels and useful chemicals.

Capitalising on Australia’s natural gas resources

The demand for natural gas is growing and Australia’s large reserves generate research and development challenges that CSIRO is helping to meet with expertise in gas processing, conversion and a research base geared to meet the evolving needs of the methane economy.

Assessing development sustainability

Understanding the complex interactions between population, resource use and the environment is a difficult task in scenario modelling, but CSIRO is helping Australia find the right path for future sustainable development.

Future Research Vessel Project announcement

This 3-minute video captures Senator Carr's speech to launch the Future Research Vessel Project in Hobart on 7 August 2009.

Measuring the value of environmental services in forests

To maximise the benefits of environmental services from forests researchers are developing decision support tools for plantation managers. Underpinning the development of these tools is the collection of new data and calibration of a range of models.

Greenhouse gas and carbon management in forests

CSIRO is undertaking a range of projects that aim to facilitate the use of forests as part of greenhouse gas mitigation and investment strategies.

Forestry research

CSIRO provides research activities from quantitative genetics, to precision plantation management, to smart paper and wood products of the future.   Providing forestry research across the entire forestry value chain.  

Managing carbon in forests

CSIRO’s expertise in carbon accounting is assisting plantation managers and informing policy development and implementation to support emerging carbon markets.

Sustainable application of effluent and biosolids in Australian forests

CSIRO researchers have spent a combined period of 10 years investigating the sustainable application of sewage effluent and biosolids to plantation forests. Their research has resulted in guidelines to ensure maximimal forest value while protecting soil and water resources.

Improving models to predict plantation carbon sequestration

Researchers have enhanced the predictive ability of carbon sequestration and growth models by collecting new data on commercial and environmental forest plantings.

CSIRO and food production: securing our food future

CSIRO is delivering science to improve food production systems and food quality in Australia and internationally.

Fluorine in Australian export thermal coals

A fact sheet on the occurrence of fluorine in Australian and other coals, the behaviour of fluorine during combustion and the environmental effects of fluorine released as a consequence of coal use.

Flexible Integrated Energy Device

CSIRO is developing a wearable power generation and storage system which captures energy from movement.

Flamemag developed to meet economic goal

CSIRO researchers have developed an economically-viable process to incorporate flame-retardant magnesium hydroxide into plastic.

Fire and carbon in regional Australia

This project is identifying the biophysical, economic and social opportunities for remote communities relating to land management for greenhouse gas abatement, with a focus on fire management in tropical savannas.

Fields of discovery: Australia's CSIRO

Celebrates the inspiring and often dramatic journey of one of the world’s most enduring scientific bodies.

Farming systems to address salinity

CSIRO is investigating ways to manage farms to address the causes and minimise the impact of dryland salinity.

Farm management

CSIRO conducts farming research throughout Australia, working with producers and farming groups to trial and evaluate new ideas and techniques.

Farming systems research: linking people, production and processes

CSIRO's farming systems research seeks practical and relevant solutions to the complex production and environmental issues facing Australian farmers.

Farming: crop management

CSIRO research is helping farmers to better manage their crops.

Extracting oxygen using ceramics

CSIRO has developed and tested ceramic tube membranes that can used to separate oxygen from gaseous mixtures.

Evaluating the energy environment equation

Finding a balance between energy supply and environmental health. The impact of energy developments on air quality, land and water are significant. CSIRO monitors and mitigates these impacts, paving the way for an environmentally sustainable energy future.

CSIRO Energy Technology

We are playing an essential role in researching and developing technologies to achieve the objective of near zero emissions from the use of energy worldwide.

Enhanced oil recovery: getting every last drop

CSIRO researchers are investigating several techniques that may substantially increase the amount of oil that can be recovered from a reservoir.

Energy Transformed Flagship

CSIRO’s Energy Transformed Flagship aims to lower greenhouse gas emissions by providing sustainable, efficient, cost-effective energy solutions. The Energy Transformed Flagship is developing clean affordable energy and transport technologies for a sustainable future - the first steps towards a hydrogen economy.