Understanding Climate Change

The Environment Group aims to support the development of production sectors while at the same time minimising current and potential adverse environmental impacts.

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.

More extremely hot days, fewer cold ones wetter in the north and drier in the south: this is not a forecast for Australia’s climate but a snapshot of our climate now.

Australian and US scientists have discovered how changes in winds blowing on the Southern Ocean drive variations in the depth of the surface layer of sea water responsible for regulating exchanges of heat and carbon dioxide between the ocean and the atmosphere.

The 2009 Priestley Lecture will be delivered by Professor Lawrence Mysak at Aspendale on Tuesday, 13 October.

CSIRO invites you to a range of free public seminars being held around Canberra.

The Water for a Healthy Country Flagship is investigating how a changing climate and land use is impacting on Australia's future water security and developing scientific tools and knowledge to help water managers plan accordingly.

The Healthy Water Ecosystems Theme, as part of the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, is providing the knowledge to protect or restore the health of Australia’s water ecosystems.

CSIRO's science provides tools to predict environmental flows necessary for sustaining ecosystem function.

CSIRO’s prediction and reporting technologies can save the natural resource management arena millions of dollars.

CSIRO scientists are observing changes in ocean temperatures, ocean chemistry and global sea levels. The impact of climate change on marine biodiversity is becoming more apparent. To reduce this impact, urgent action needs to be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilise global warming. (7:54)

The first-ever Australian benchmark of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and options for adaptation is the work of more than 70 marine scientists. (4:23)

Dr Steve Rintoul is a Research Team Leader at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research. He is internationally recognised as a leading authority on the circulation of the Southern Ocean and how it affects global climate systems.

An interest in the environment and in maths led to a career in environmental statistics for Dr Bronwyn Harch. Now she gets to visit scenic waterways and help waterways' managers keep the water clean for everyone to enjoy.

Australia’s two lead climate science agencies – the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology - have produced a snapshot of the state of the climate to update Australians about how their climate has changed and what it means. (6 pages)

A booklet about CSIRO’s science to provide water solutions for Australia. (36 pages)

The Northern Australia Land and Water Science Review 2009 examines a range of options for use of land and water in northern Australia and the likely consequences of those uses, for communities, businesses and the environment.

Our new hot topics provide answers to some common climate change science questions - helping you to separate the facts from the fiction.