#Climate Response

Southern Surveyor: Stories from on board Australia’s ocean research vessel – Professor Tom Trull

The book includes a chapter on physical oceanographer Professor Tom Trull from the ACE CRC, CSIRO and the University of Tasmania, whose infamous voyages into the Southern Ocean, have left many a scientist curled up in a bean bag in the Operations Room, while the ship battled through big seas and strong winds.

Preparing a new mooring line for the Southern Ocean

The team at the moorings workshop at the CSIRO Hobart Marine Laboratories have ordered it in, as they'll be heading down to the Southern Ocean next April with Professor Tom Trull, from the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, to retrieve a mooring and replace it with a new one.

Fisheries under threat in the Torres Strait

CSIRO researchers have been working to characterise the traditional small-scale fisheries on the PNG side of the Torres Strait.

99.999% certainty humans are driving global warming: new study

Published in the journal Climate Risk Management today, our research is the first to quantify the probability of historical changes in global temperatures and examines the links to greenhouse gas emissions using rigorous statistical techniques.

Livelihood futures – Papua New Guinea

Many coastal communities in Papua New Guinea are particularly vulnerable to change. Global drivers such as peak oil, fluctuating economic […]

Modelling Australia’s oceans

The Atlantis modelling tool was rated the best for considering alternative potential futures for fisheries and marine ecosystems by the UN in 2007.

Record rains made Australia a giant green global carbon sink

New growth from record-breaking rains across Australia turned it into a giant green carbon sink to rival tropical rainforests including the Amazon.

Helping seabirds and sea mammals adapt to climate change

CSIRO scientists are studying the impacts of climate change on seabirds and marine mammals, and investigating options to help them adapt to future change.

Adapting to a rapidly changing climate

Five CSIRO lead authors of the IPCC Working Group II's Fifth Assessment Report share some practical ways Australians can adapt.

Infographic: Adaptation solutions for a changing climate

Growth opportunities for Australia’s seafood industry

New research from CSIRO and the University of Tasmania suggests climate change might actually create growth opportunities for Australia’s seafood industries, if we take a holistic look at seafood supply chains.

State of the Climate 2014? It’s warmer.

The State of the Climate 2014 focused on the changes that have been observed in Australia’s long-term climate trends and it shows that temperatures across Australia were, on average, almost 1°C warmer than they were a century ago.