Posts by Jenna Daroczy

Explainer – What are heatwaves?

It's likely human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed global warming since the mid-20th century, due to increases in greenhouse gases.

New maps reveal locations of species at risk as climate changes

In research published today in Nature, CSIRO and an international team of scientists revealed global maps showing how fast and in which direction local temperatures have shifted over the past 50 years.

Most Australians overestimate how ‘green’ they really are

The findings are in our latest annual national survey on Australians' attitudes to climate change, covering over 5000 people from across Australia.

Bio robots make a splash in the Indian Ocean

It sounds like a bad sci-fi plot: a fleet of ‘bio robots’ are let loose in the world’s third largest ocean to study its physical and biological makeup.

Greening urban areas can help reduce future impacts of heatwaves

Research into the potential cooling effect due to vegetation by Dr Chen and his colleagues at CSIRO and Nursery & Garden Industry Australia, found that Melbourne’s CBD summer temperatures could be lowered by 0.7°C if CBD vegetation was increased significantly.

Four Degrees of Global Warming: Australia in a hot world

The newly-published book ‘Four Degrees of Global Warming: Australia in a hot world’, edited by University of Melbourne Associate Professor Peter Christoff, provides an update of the expected consequences of a four-degree world.

Reading the Indian Ocean: more drought and bushfires ahead

An international team of scientists has confirmed links between an Indian Ocean phenomenon and extreme weather events in southeast Australia.

Concrete deterioration in a changing climate

Our report examines the possible impacts of a changing climate on the deterioration of our concrete infrastructure, and concludes they can be addressed in design and maintenance standards.

Setting a carbon budget to keep below two degrees

One way of determining how much we need to reduce carbon emissions is to use a “carbon budget”. A budget lays out how much carbon we can burn in total if we want to keep to a certain amount of warming

Fire and climate change: fire risk needs to be managed

Climate change over the coming decades is likely to significantly alter fire patterns, their impact and their management in Australia.

Livelihood futures – adaptation options for Indonesian communities

Diversified cropping, village food processing and flexible seaweed culture are some of the new approaches being trialed by small farmers and fishermen on the Indonesian islands of Lombok and Sumbawa to improve their livelihoods and prepare for the combined effects of climate change and population pressure.

IPCC Fifth Assessment Report: meet the CSIRO experts

Every six years, some of the world’s top scientific thinkers comprehensively assess what is known about climate change. The end result is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. Several CSIRO scientists are among the lead authors.