Australia and the world are facing multiple, successive, widespread disruptions which can lead to catastrophic disaster. A ‘Deconstructing Disasters’ approach can help us to build more resilience in our systems.

Detection of oil spills using state of the art satellite imagery will support Australian environmental agencies to manage and protect the Great Barrier Reef, and other Australian marine regions.

New results indicate the potential for what's known as 'assisted evolution' can increase the thermal tolerance of corals, and thus help their adaptation to conditions that are currently causing unsustainable stress.

With the effects of climate change increasingly apparent, the world must reduce, stabilise and extract greenhouse gases — a concept known as ‘climate change mitigation’. This March, ECOS explores a range of mitigation concepts, from methane reductions in mining, gaining public acceptance of new low emission technologies such as hydrogen, and how to ensure consistency of renewable energy supply during extreme weather events.

The summer of 2019-20 has seen bushfires, floods, drought, heat extremes and severe hail of such ferocity that it is changing how Australians experience, and talk about, weather and climate. Throughout January and February 2020, ECOS has shared science stories about extreme events, and our role in understanding them and supporting our nation prepare for the future.