Staying connected when it counts to improve disaster resilience

We've teamed up with Optus to identify how to improve the resilience of our telecommunications infrastructure during natural disasters.

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Identifying insects: meet our mini moth investigator

Ying Luo has a passion for teeny tiny insects - from golden ants to micro moths.

A century of livestock research highlights

We’ve helped create some of Australia’s great innovations in the livestock sector over the past 100 years.

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How Australian bushfires changed the ocean

It's hard to forget the harrowing bushfires of the 2019-20 summer. The destruction on land was evident but the bushfires had a surprising positive effect on the ocean.

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Ru Paul flying for science

Together with our research partners, we have given scientific names to 150 new species in the past year.

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AirRater app helps outdoor workers beat the Darwin heat

In a city famed for its heat and humidity, we’re helping Darwin’s outdoor workers make informed decisions about working when it’s hot.

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Support bushfire science from home

CSIRO is calling for citizen scientists to help digitise specimens of flies, mayflies, caddisflies, bugs, butterflies and more.

IPCC says Earth will reach temperature rise of about 1.5℃ in around a decade. But limiting any global warming is what matters most

As the report makes clear, global warming of 1.5℃, and then 2℃, will be exceeded this century unless we make deep cuts to CO₂ and other greenhouse gas emissions in coming decades.

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Climate change has already hit Australia. Unless we act now, a hotter, drier and more dangerous future awaits, IPCC warns

Australia may warm by 4℃ or more this century, the IPCC has found, with no going back from some changes in the climate system

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This is the most sobering report card yet on climate change and Earth’s future. Here’s what you need to know

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its long-awaited report on climate change. Its authors lay out the new findings.

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Monday’s IPCC report is a really big deal for climate change. So what is it? And why should we trust?

Five years in the making, the IPCC report is the most important global assessment of climate change science.

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Pest plants and animals cost Australia around $25 billion a year – and it will get worse

Without urgent action, Australia will continue to lose billions of dollars every year on invasive species.