Australian agriculture needs to adapt now to climate change according to a CSIRO book launched today entitled: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Preparing Australian Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry for the Future.

1973 was the year that Pink Floyd released Dark Side of the Moon and Are You Being Served? made its television debut. It was long before the words “climate change” became headline news. It was also the year that CSIRO’s Sustainable Energy Advisor, Dr John Wright – who is retiring next week – joined the organisation as a research scientist in the Sydney laboratories of the then Division of Mineral Chemistry.

A major conference to be held in Melbourne in 2011 will focus the world’s attention on the broad issues of a sustainable planet.

The first comprehensive and critical examination of Australia’s local and regional management of land, water and biodiversity was released today in a book published by CSIRO.

African Big Headed, Yellow Crazy, Tropical Fire and Singapore ants are only small foot soldiers, but vast colonies of these invasive insects are wreaking havoc throughout northern Australia - causing major environmental, economical and social damage.

A leading CSIRO ornithologist will receive the nation’s most prestigious zoological award for his contribution to the field at a ceremony in Sydney tonight.

CSIRO science is being used to improve land management practices on farmland to help reduce run-off of sediments, nutrients and pesticides on to the Great Barrier Reef.

Armed with digital cameras, phones with inbuilt GPS and other technology tools, Australia’s army of ‘citizen scientists’ are helping researchers collect data on an unprecedented scale, reports the latest issue of ECOS.

While the implications of climate change for biodiversity have been widely recognised, the insidious effect of invasive alien species (IAS) on global biodiversity stays under the radar.

CSIRO is looking for people to participate in a national online survey of Australian lifestyles and consumption habits.