#Climate change

Aussie icons team up to tackle climate change

Two of Australia’s most iconic ecosystems, eucalypt trees and reef corals, could end up being the ‘best of pals’ when it comes to fighting climate change.

CSIRO climate scientists present to Royal Commission

Six key messages about climate change and natural disasters from CSIRO climate scientists, presented to the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements.

An El Niño hit this banana prawn fishery hard. Here’s what we can learn from their experience

An El Niño event in 2015-16 led to the lowest ever catch in redlegs. Fisheries must work with research to climate-proof their management.

A unique collaboration explores the future of our oceans

What if we could imagine a better, more sustainable future for our oceans? Future Seas 2030 is an innovative, interdisciplinary project doing exactly that.

Using today’s ocean observations to unlock tomorrow’s climate

As Australia comes to grips with the devastating COVID-19 global pandemic, it’s possible to forget that only six months ago […]

Livestock producers weigh drought recovery options

With droughts predicted to increase in frequency and duration, the time of recovery is when livestock producers need to prepare for future droughts.

Deconstructing disasters: Taking stock on where we are now, and dreaming our future

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.

The challenge at the end of Australia’s mighty Murray-Darling system

Management of the Lower Lakes system in South Australia has been informed by extensive science. Understanding the impacts of climate change and adaptation remain future challenges for the region and the Murray-Darling Basin as a whole.

Novel interventions are more than a ‘cool idea’ for the Great Barrier Reef

The best scientific minds are applying novel interventions to help the Great Barrier Reef fight and adapt to climate change. From freezing coral larvae to shading and cooling measures, learn how we're hoping to help the Reef.