Australia’s new science minister has ordered the nation’s premier science agency to “put the focus back on climate science.” And Australian scientists have their fingers crossed, hoping the directive from Greg Hunt, revealed this morning, really indicates the […]
Read more
Update: This call has now closed. A new call is anticipated around July 2017. We are soliciting student applications for a competitive fellowship grant to participate in the 2016 Australian Climate and Water Summer Institute. This prestigious event offers up […]
Read more
Evapotranspiration from the global land surface has increased significantly due to increases in transpiration and interception that are only partially counteracted by decreasing soil evaporation, a new study reports. Terrestrial evaporation (ET) is a key component of the energy and water cycles over global […]
Read more
The last few months set new records in the rate at which our global climate is changing. It has also been a period of great change in our research and operations environment – some of it good, some of it […]
Read more
With parts of Australia once again in the grip of dry conditions, understanding climate variability and its impact on water supply is increasingly important. However, new research has found that models used by hydrologists to forecast long-term changes […]
Read more
Hobart will be home to a new climate science research centre in plans announced by the CSIRO. The centre, which will focus on climate measurement and modelling, will be staffed by 40 climate scientists and guarantee research for […]
Read more
Australia experienced extreme rainfall during the 2010/11 La Niña event. Rainfall across the northeast was 84% above average, and soil moisture conditions were unprecedented since 1950. This extreme rainfall event was associated with severe flooding in northeastern Australia […]
Read more
As hydrological forecasting researchers, we are often excited when we develop new methods that lead to forecasts with smaller errors and/or more reliable uncertainty estimates. So how do we know whether a new method truly improves forecast performance? […]
Read more
You may have picked up on some news about climate science job cuts at CSIRO. Perhaps you got confused by all the commentary, or did not have time to follow it all. To help you, here a summary of some of the things that […]
Read more
The CSIRO’s climate science divisions are expected to be pared back as part of a massive shake-up of the organisation. The ABC understands cuts are expected to be made within the Oceans and Atmosphere and Land and Water divisions […]
Read more