Limited Mitigation Potential of Forestation Under a High Emissions Scenario: Results From Multi-Model and Single Model Ensembles December 7, 2023 Forestation is a major component of future long-term emissions reduction and CO2 removal strategies, but the viability of carbon stored in vegetation under future climates is…
The Role of Internal Variability and External Forcing on Southwestern Australian Rainfall – Prospects for Very Wet or Dry Years December 7, 2023 The cool-season (May to October) rainfall decline in southwestern Australia deepened during 2001–2020 to become 20.5% less than the 1901–1960 reference period average, with a…
The Southern Annular Mode and Large-Scale Circulations December 6, 2023 Understanding large-scale linkages can provide insights into improving our seasonal forecasts and regional projections. Being uniquely positioned, Australia’s climate is influenced by the Pacific, Indian…
Global Carbon Budget 2023 December 5, 2023 Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate is critical to…
Net-Zero Approaches Must Consider Earth System Impacts to Achieve Climate Goals December 4, 2023 Commitments to net-zero carbon dioxide (CO2) or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets now cover 88% of countries’ emissions. Underlying the accounting behind net-zero frameworks is…
Modeling the Interannual Variability in Maipo and Rapel River Plumes off Central Chile December 4, 2023 River plumes have a direct influence on coastal environments, impacting coastal planktonic and benthic communities, including fishery resources. In general, the main drivers of river…
Regional Temperature Extremes and Vulnerability Under Net Zero CO2 Emissions November 30, 2023 Signatories to the Paris Agreement have pledged to keep global warming to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and preferably below 1.5 °C above…
Attribution of Extreme Events to Climate Change in the Australian Region – A Review November 28, 2023 Extreme event attribution is a rapidly growing field of climate science with important implications for public and government understanding of human-induced climate change. However, there…
Climate adaptation for threatened species and protected places: sharing innovative approaches from across Australia November 23, 2023 Many of Australia’s threatened species and special places are under threat from a rapidly changing climate including rising temperatures and an increase in extreme weather…
2024 Calendar: Climate adaptation for Australia’s biodiversity November 21, 2023 Climate-effective management for threatened species and protected places works with adaptation professionals across Australia. In this year’s calendar, each month shares the stories of those on…
Developing a New Oxygen Atlas of the World’s Oceans Using Data Interpolating Variational Analysis November 17, 2023 We present a new global oxygen atlas. This atlas uses all of the available full water column profiles of oxygen, salinity, and temperature available as…
Training to answer your climate change questions November 7, 2023 The Synthesis communication and data: Tailored information for stakeholders project has piloted a two-day in-person training course designed to help decision makers across Australia navigate…
RECCAP2 Future Component: Consistency and Potential for Regional Assessment to Constrain Global Projections November 7, 2023 Projections of future carbon sinks and stocks are important because they show how the world’s ecosystems will respond to elevated CO2 and changes in climate. Moreover,…
Drying out: Looking at the summer ahead and beyond November 2, 2023 Three La Niña events in a row and record-breaking rains in eastern Australia from 2020–2022 left a sodden landscape. Three La Niña events in a…
An Adaptation Catalogue for Conservation October 25, 2023 Climate-effective management for threatened species and protected places is improving decision-making for conservation under climate change. This fact sheet details the ongoing work of the…
Mechanisms of Tropical Pacific Decadal Variability October 18, 2023 Naturally occurring tropical Pacific variations at timescales of 7–70 years — tropical Pacific decadal variability (TPDV) — describe basin-scale sea surface temperature (SST), sea-level pressure…
Storylines of the Pilbara: applying a storyline approach October 3, 2023 The storyline approach uses narratives to explore the implications of climate change on particular decisions. Storylines can help distil the overwhelming amount of information available…
Co-design guide October 3, 2023 Through co-design, the Climate Systems Hub is delivering projects that bring together physical science, ecological knowledge, Indigenous knowledge, adaptation practice, place-based knowledge, and policy directed…
Annual progress report 2022 September 25, 2023 The annual progress report measures the impact and progress of the hub through 1 January to 31 December 2022.
Evaluation of Seasonal Teleconnections to Remote Drivers of Australian Rainfall in CMIP5 and CMIP6 Models September 12, 2023 This study describes how coupled climate models participating in the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) simulate the primary climate drivers that…
