About us

Who's who at The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research
Meet the Supervisory Committee, the Foundation Director and the Deputy Directors. » [pdf]

A New Science Team for Australia's Climate Challenges.
A new science team is leading Australia's climate change and weather research. It's the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research - a partnership between two of Australia's leading atmospheric and oceanographic research agencies; the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO. » [pdf]

What is ACCESS?

Modelling complex processes, such as climate change, has become increasingly sophisticated.
The AustralianCommunity Climate and Earth-System Simulator (ACCESS) is a coupled climate and earth system simulator that will deliver a new generation of numerical models to improve weather and climate research in Australia, across a range of time and space scales. » [pdf]

Climate Change in Australia.

• Australia's climate has changed.
  Since 1950 Australian average temperatures have increased by 0.9°C. Hot days and nights have become more frequent and there are fewer cold days and nights. Rainfall has declined significantly in eastern and southwestern Australia, and increased in the north-west. Droughts have become hotter. » [pdf]
• Observed changes.
  Warming of the global climate system over the past century is beyond doubt, as seen in atmospheric and oceanic temperatures, sea level rise and melting of snow and ice. It is very likely that most of the global warming since the mid-20th century is due to human activities that have increased greenhouse gas levels. » [pdf]