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Sun Glitter Provides a Detailed Map of Ocean Waves

by S. Witman 20 March 20176 February 2023

European scientists use satellite sensors to detect light reflected off waves at the ocean's surface, which could help improve wave forecasts.

Climate scientists attending a climate science conference in Melbourne staged a lunchtime protest over restructuring and cuts to CSIRO staff and climate research programs.
Posted inNews

Scientists Bittersweet as Australia Backtracks on Climate Cuts

by P. Kollipara 16 August 201625 April 2023

Researchers welcome the prime minister's move to force an independent research institute to reverse some job cuts but say that the damage to Australia's scientific reputation can't be reversed.

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Chilly Reception for New Australian Climate Science Center

by P. Kollipara 3 May 201625 April 2023

After unveiling major planned cuts to climate science early this year, Australia's main science agency proposes a center to coordinate remaining projects. Many decry the proposal as an empty gesture.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Plant Life Survives on Earth's Driest Inhabited Continent

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 18 February 20167 March 2023

Australia is a continent of extremes, and researchers find that some ecosystems are better equipped than others to deal with the country's characteristic extreme climatic variation.

Posted inNews

Scientists Denounce Pending Australian Climate Science Cuts

by P. Kollipara 12 February 201625 April 2023

The recently unveiled planned shift from basic climate research toward responses to a transformed climate could cost research jobs, hamper climate studies, and limit data gathering and analysis.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Distant Rains Contributed to La Niña Ocean Warming Event

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 12 February 201616 November 2021

Unusually low salinity intensified a warm-water current off the coast of Western Australia in 2010–2011.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Cuts to CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Program Cause Concern

by Susan Trumbore 12 February 20166 March 2023

Drastic cuts within CSIRO will cut off Australia's critically important contributions to the global climate community

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Satellites Reveal a Temporary Carbon Sink over Australia

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 8 February 201624 February 2023

Satellite measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide provide insights into how droughts and floods influence the carbon cycle on the semiarid continent of Australia.

Posted inScience Updates

Breaking Internal Tides Keep the Ocean in Balance

by R. Pinkel, M. Alford, A. J. Lucas, S. Johnston, J. A. MacKinnon, A. Waterhouse, N. Jones, S. Kelly, J. Klymak, J. Nash, L. Rainville, Z. Zhao, H. Simmons and P. Strutton 17 November 201512 January 2022

By studying how underwater waves strike the continental slope off Tasmania, researchers seek to uncover the mechanisms that keep the circulation of the global ocean in balance.

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Improving Hydrology Models for a Changing Climate

by S. Palus 16 December 201415 February 2023

How can scientists make a hydrology model that can predict water flow in an uncertain future climate?

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