Urban monitor: enabling unprecedented monitoring, planning and management of urban land and water

The Urban Monitor project will integrate the terabytes of high resolution airborne data with other data to create new capabilities in monitoring changes in the environment.

Integrated research underpins the Tully Water Quality Improvement Plan

Together with its research partners, CSIRO has provided integrated bio-physical, social and economic research to underpin the development of the Tully Water Quality Improvement Plan, helping to protect the Great Barrier Reef.

Time series analysis of forest condition

Scientists from the CSIRO Remote Sensing group are using satellite images and time series analysis to measure changes in forest condition over time at several Australian sites.

Dr Tom Harwood: Spatial modelling for biodiversity conservation

Dr Tom Harwood works in the Macroecological Modelling Team, developing novel approaches to the analysis of national and international scale grid based biodiversity and climate change data.

Timeframes of basin evolution

This research focuses primarily on the application of inorganic geochemistry to problems in petroleum exploration, and to a lesser extent, field appraisal and production.

Terrestrial mapping and monitoring

Clever statistical methods are being applied to satellite imagery to improve environmental knowledge and management.

Bringing specialist eye care to rural and remote communities

CSIRO aims to reduce preventable blindness with an inexpensive telehealth system that sends patients’ eye images over a broadband connection to city specialists.

Improving marine management with TasMAN

The Tasmanian Marine Analysis Network (TasMAN) is demonstrating low cost monitoring technologies, improving understanding of coastal regions and enabling better informed environmental management.

Sustainable Asset Management fact sheet

An overview of the activities of the Sustainable Asset Management Research Stream, within the Urban Water Theme of the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship. (2 pages)

Sustainable consumption in urban developments

CSIRO researchers are modelling the links between human behaviour, urban developments and carbon emissions.

Flight Path to Sustainable Aviation Fuels

With emissions reduction and fuel security in mind, Australia and New Zealand’s main aviation players approached CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship to work collaboratively on a study that would help plan a sustainable future for aviation fuels.

Super-fast chips boost telescope’s power

Recent changes to CSIRO’s Australia Telescope have made one of the world’s most advanced radio telescopes even more powerful. CSIRO has boosted the power of its Australia Telescope through chips made of an advanced semiconductor material, indium phosphide.

Superconducting devices and systems

CSIRO has one of the world’s biggest groups of superconductivity scientists working on detectors for applications in geophysics, physical security, food safety and oceanography and in the frontier science of quantum engineering.

Efficiency drive

The paddock-to-plate logistics in the food sector are complex, costly and may be eroding the value of Australia’s A$100 billion food industry by as much as 35 per cent. The Food Futures Flagship project State of Logistics in Australia is looking at ways to smooth the bumps in the road to market for Australia’s agrifoods sector.

Starbug: CSIRO's award-winning robotic submarine

Starbug is an inexpensive, miniature autonomous underwater vehicle ideal for data collection and ecosystem surveys.

South-West Western Australia: supporting state water management strategies

The Water for a Healthy Country Flagship is conducting research to increase water benefits across South-West Western Australia – from farms, towns and catchments to the complex dam and groundwater system surrounding Perth.

Monitoring water quality in South-East Queensland

CSIRO is helping to develop water quality monitoring programs for the bays, estuaries and freshwaters of South-East Queensland. CSIRO worked with government, industry, universities and the community to develop a water quality management strategy for the bays, estuaries and freshwaters of South-East Queensland.

Using artificial neural networks to predict invasive species

Artificial neural networks, specifically self organising maps (SOM's) can provide an objective method to help assess worldwide pest species assemblages and biosecurity risks.

Society, economy and policy: contributing to policy that enhances sustainability

CSIRO’s Society, Economy and Policy team focuses on analysing social processes, economic interactions and policy outcomes to improve policy around our land water problems.

Smart sensors monitoring water quality and catchment health

CSIRO and a local water authority have developed Australia's largest integrated intelligent wireless sensor network for monitoring drinking water.

Smart agents: an intelligent way to manage and control energy

CSIRO researchers are developing a range of intelligent, self learning devices known as agents to improve the efficiency of electricity networks.

Siropulse: high-resolution sub-surface radar

Siropulse is a light, portable, high-resolution radar system capable of probing distances ranging from less than one centimetre to many metres and picking up metallic and non-metallic objects and voids.

Harvest forecasting solution for Simplot’s pea production

Dr Andrew Higgins, in collaboration with a large food processing factory in Tasmania, Simplot, developed and implemented a database application and model that dramatically improves the factory's ability to plan optimal harvest and transport times.

Dr Shuang Liu: investigating the interface between ecological and economic systems

Dr Shuang Liu is developing ecological-economic models to investigate the full impact of invasive species to assist in delivering effective environmental decision making.

Dr Simon Cox: researching geospatial interoperability standards

Dr Simon Cox’s primary research areas include information modelling and transfer standards, spatial data infrastructures, vocabularies and semantic web technologies, governance of community standards.