The Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO play an important role in monitoring, analysing and communicating observed changes in Australia’s climate.
This fourth, biennial State of the Climate report draws on the latest monitoring, science and projection information to describe variability and changes in Australia’s climate, and how it is likely to change in the future. Observations and climate modelling paint a consistent picture of ongoing, long-term climate change interacting with underlying natural variability.
These changes affect many Australians, particularly changes associated with increases in the frequency or intensity of heat events, fire weather and drought. Australia will need to plan for and adapt to some level of climate change. This report is a synthesis of the science informing our understanding of climate in Australia, and includes new information about Australia’s climate of the past, present and future. The science underpinning this report will help inform a range of economic, environmental and social decision-making and local vulnerability assessments, by government, industry and communities.
Monitoring Organisation CSIRO
Name Tim Malthus
Phone (07) 3833 5583
Email Tim.Malthus@csiro.au
Position in organisation Research Group Leader - Coastal Sensing and Modelling Group
Activity Type climate change projects (e.g. adaptation planning and risk assessments)
Activity Indicators water quality in freshwater river basins
Activity location Don catchment, O'Connell catchment, Pioneer catchment, Plane catchment, Proserpine catchment
Frequency of monitoring
Monitoring Start Date 01/01/2016
31/12/2016Location of monitoring data
Date quality / confidence
Website URL http://https://www.csiro.au/en/Showcase/state-of-the-climate
Collaborators Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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