Climate change

Designing resilient buildings

New guidelines for designing buildings that are resilient to earthquakes, typhoons and storm surges could save lives and livelihoods in the Philippines.

Looking to the future with climate projections

Climate projections not only show us what climate futures we can expect, but also help us plan for them.

Wired woodlands signal stress as climate dries

Nowhere else in the world supports trees 20m tall at such low rainfall. Intensive scientific monitoring is tracking by the second their struggle for survival.

The rise of carbon dioxide—picking the winners in Australia’s forests

Finding out which trees will thrive under high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide is about to get faster and cheaper.

Western Australian kelp forests in hot water

Kelp forests along hundreds of kilometres of Western Australia's coastline were wiped out in 2011 and have not recovered.

Tackling climate change and regional security in the Pacific

We need to identify Pacific hotspots where climate change will exacerbate other stresses and act to support these places before a crisis happens.

A new climate adaptation landscape

Editorial: Understanding and managing the emergent risks of climate change requires a new focus for mitigation and adaptation responses.

Species everywhere are on the move

Plants and animals all over the world are redistributing and changing their behaviour in response to warming temperatures. Observing these changes tells us a lot about our changing climate.

Bound for leadership in science

Over the next decade, The Homeward Bound project will give 1000 female scientists the tools to become influential, global decision makers of the future. Its debut voyage will depart later this year, with four CSIRO scientists on board.