#Climate change

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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.

Marine life spawns sooner as our oceans warm

Warming oceans are affecting the breeding patterns and habitat of marine life, according to a three-year international study published today in Nature Climate Change.

Climate Crab takes us on a Pacific climate journey

By Jill Rischbieth Communicating climate science in accessible and meaningful ways is always a challenge. A comical and highly resilient […]

Designing a future Earth

By Chris Johnson Today, the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) named Dr Mark […]

Mining companies are underprepared for climate change

By Barton Loechel, Social Scientist, Science into Society Group. Recent research suggests only a minority of mining companies are preparing […]

Surf's up… and down. Wave heights to change as atmosphere warms

Climate scientists studying the impact of changing wave behaviour on the world’s coastlines are reporting a likely decrease in average […]

Tracking carbon in our oceans

These days, it’s easy to imagine a world without coal, oil or gas. With the growing popularity of alternative energy […]

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Adding genomics to the conservation toolkit

By Professor Ary Hoffmann and Dr John Oakeshott Biodiversity genomics was centre stage at the launch of the Centre for […]

Breakfast in 2050: feeding a changing world

How will we feed the world in 2050? Feeding a growing population is a big challenge, but feeding them in […]

Moo-thane emissions

By Adam Harper You might have heard the song ‘cows with guns’ in the noughties, but that’s old news. These […]

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In south-western Australia, water shortages will worsen

By Don McFarlane– Research Programme Leader, Land and Water While the rest of Australia has had a reprieve from the Millennium […]

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New CSIRO Climate Adaptation National Research Flagship Director announced

Dr Paul Hardisty has been appointed Director of the CSIRO Climate Adaptation National Research Flagship and will commence in May […]