2017

A wave of knowledge from deep in the Bight

A mammoth social, environmental and economic study of the Great Australian Bight has revealed new insights and a raft of new species.

How to plan for decisions in the midst of bushfire catastrophe

"It doesn’t matter how many fire hoses you have, you can’t be everywhere at once." So how do you plan ahead for all the decisions you might need to take in the midst of catastrophe? That includes when and where to take shelter.

Oceans – the new frontier

Australia's marine estate is nearly twice our land area. A new book brings together decades of marine research to tell us what we know and what we're doing to ensure a sustainable future.

Poor diets affect more than just our health

The fate of the environment just got personal. It turns out, everyone's waist lines add up and what's better for your health is also better for the environment.

Fifty years ago Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars and changed our view of the universe

In mid 1967, PhD student Jocelyn Bell at Cambridge University was helping to build a telescope. She went on to discover a little bit of "scruff" - the first evidence of a pulsar.

On the road to mapping a more efficient transport future for Australian agriculture

What truck drivers do in clicks, scientists have done in data – tracking the great distances travelled by Australian produce from farm gate to market. It’s all to make for better infrastructure investment and make those long journeys more efficient and reliable.

How life on the land shaped an Australian climate leader

Dr Helen Cleugh is still motivated by lessons learned back on the family farm in central Otago. She's now leading CSIRO's Climate Science Centre.

Carbon central to a new wave of climate modelling

Simulating the Earth’s myriad physical, chemical and biological processes is a big ask. But it must be done if we are to work out how what we do today will change the future climate. Thanks to this Australian ‘earth system model’, we’re getting a clearer picture of what’s ahead.

The future of the ozone hole

Contrary to popular belief, the ozone hole does not reach Australia. But its effects are felt the world over. CSIRO scientists are creating a climate-chemistry model that will lead global science on the ozone hole recovery.