CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) aims to advance Australian climate, marine, and earth systems science. Our research focuses on issues affecting Australia and the world, and we provide a range of scientific and consulting services that are underpinned by this research.

Our scientists are working with industry, regulators and the community in the search for solutions to our mounting air, land and water pollution problems.

Atmospheric scientists believe air contained in disused dive tanks can potentially extend what is already the longest record of greenhouse gases in the Southern Hemisphere.

CSIRO is working with Australian company VR TEK Operations to design and develop a new, improved method of recycling waste rubber which could be used to make new tyres, industrial insulation, road pavement, flooring or geotextiles for retaining walls and embankments.

CSIRO, through the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, is undertaking research to underpin the effective management of water quality in the Great Barrier Reef.

CSIRO's research enables improved assessment of the risks posed by contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem.

CSIRO research on catchment and aquatic systems focuses on sustaining and improving the health of our aquatic systems, by understanding how these systems are affected by land use change and climate change.

In this vodcast we visit CSIRO’s Aspendale Laboratory in Melbourne where Dr Paul Fraser from Marine and Atmospheric Research explains two new greenhouse gases showing up in an air collection used for monitoring changes in the atmosphere. (3:53)

A new report outlining changes to the global balance of carbon dioxide has found that despite the global financial crisis, carbon emissions from human activity continue to rise. (6:37)

Dr Manh Hoang leads a project to improve technology for extracting pure water from industrial, brackish and salt water resources.

After developing a manufacturing process for making wool blend air filters and seeing his work applied in commercial products, Dr Jürg Schütz is now investigating filters containing carbon nanotubes.

This 2-page brochure details research that identified factors which affect how institutional collaborations influence decision-making in the Great Barrier Reef.

An overview of the research highlights, impacts and future directions of CSIRO's research to underpin the effective management of water quality in the Great Barrier Reef. (40 pages)

Atmospheric scientist, Dr Ross Mitchell, from CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, explains how the September 2009 dust storms occurred and were projected in these forecast animations indicating where and how quickly the dust spread across the continent.

A factsheet detailing the 2007 data for the Global Carbon Project, a joint international project on the global carbon cycle.