CSIRO Land and Water is researching ways to better manage Australia's land and water resources, and improve the quality of our natural and built environments.

CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems (CSE) conducts research and development across a range of landscapes, targeting social, economic and environmental sustainability.

A series of podcasts in Mandarin language were launched in Canberra today which highlight careers in science and in working with Australian science and industry to a potential audience of 1.2 billion people worldwide.

Australia's annual festival of science and technology, National Science Week, begins this weekend.

Reducing the environmental footprint on water resources from expanding urban regions.

The Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research brings together CSIRO’s extensive expertise in research into the contamination of waters, sediments and soils.

CSIRO supports sound policy and informed decision-making by understanding of the science of contaminants. Tools and models created by CSIRO assist pesticide users and regulators to make informed decisions.

With climate change complicating the agriculture and food production picture there will be winners and losers across the globe. (4:37)

Dr Alan Andersen is a Chief Research Scientist with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems in Darwin, where he studies ant community ecology, the use of ants and other invertebrates as indicators of ecosystem health, and fire ecology and management in tropical savannas.

Dr Jeff Baldock’s primary research areas include soil carbon and nitrogen cycling and the emission of greenhouse gases from soils.

This article from Farming Ahead discusses how, although continuous cropping has become more prevalent on many farms, fallowing is back in vogue in the northern agricultural region of Western Australia. (3 pages)

This article from Farming Ahead describes CSIRO research that has revealed a new mechanism for aluminium tolerance in wheat which could extend the range where farmers can grow wheat rather than les valuable cereals. (2 pages)

This fact sheet gives an overview of biochar and its potential in carbon sequestration and improving soil health. (4 pages)

Soil organic carbon is a complex and varied mixture of materials and makes up a small but vital part of all soils.