News

Oceans, Ice and Climate Change: An IPCC update

30 April, 2020

IPPC author and Climate Futures researcher Prof. Nathan Bindoff presented in an online webinar discussing the IPCC's latest report on oceans and climate change, and exploring its implications for Australia.

Climate Futures researcher speaks on sustainability careers panel

27 April, 2020

Climate Futures researcher Dr Tomas Remenyi participated in an online discussion of incorporating sustainability in careers.

Paper published in Nature Communications examines hemispheric variability in global ocean warming

24 April, 2020

Prof Nathan Bindoff and colleagues published research which shows that 90% of the net global ocean heat gain during 2005–2015 was confined to the southern hemisphere ocean.

Climate Futures’ Prof. Nathan Bindoff features in podcast

13 April, 2020

Prof Bindoff was interviewed by Catherine Praiswater on the Your Positive Impact podcast on his life and work.

Visiting Scholar from Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany

6 March, 2020

Biologist Dr Annegret Grimm-Seyforth is visiting Climate Futures in Hobart from 2-22 March 2020.

Explaining climate change at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

25 February, 2020

Dr Rebecca Harris participated in a public panel discussion on climate change at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG).

Australian bushfires: what will recovery look like?

23 February, 2020

An explainer on post-fire ecosystem recovery published by Climate Futures researchers in The Conversation has had over 100,000 reads.

Climate Futures team presents at AMOS

1 February, 2020

Dr Nick Earl traveled to Perth for the annual Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Conference.

Compound Extreme Events Project workshop

10 December, 2019

The Climate Futures team held a workshop at UTAS' Medical Sciences precinct, presenting the final analysis for the group's Compound Extreme Events project.

Climate Futures Team Attends MODSIM 2019

1 November, 2019

Climate Futures researchers present at MODSIM 2019 in Canberra.

Prof. Bindoff is key author on IPCC report

20 September, 2019

Professor Nathan Bindoff was a key author of the Special Report on the Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.

Climate Futures moves to Geography at UTAS

1 July, 2019

In July 2019, Climate Futures moved from the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC) to the Discipline of Geography at the University of Tasmania.

Understanding future fire danger

15 June, 2019

The Future Fire Danger Report is the highest-resolution, long-term climate modelling study of future fire risk produced in Australia.

Climate Futures advises Sustainable Timber Tasmania on climate change

1 June, 2019

Climate Futures researcher Tom Remenyi presented at Sustainable Timbers Tasmania's Leadership and Innovation Conference in June 2019.

The Conversation: Dry lightning sets Tasmania ablaze

7 February, 2019

Climate Futures researchers published an article in The Conversation explaining the link between "dry lighting" and recent Tasmanian bushfires.

Dr Tom Remenyi interviewed on BBC News

13 January, 2019

Tom Remenyi was interviewed by BBC journalist Hywel Griffith for a news segment about Tasmania.

Dr Nick Earl joins Climate Futures

1 August, 2018

Nick Earl joins the Climate Futures team as a research associate from the University of Melbourne.

Climate researchers warn of ecosystem collapse

5 July, 2018

Climate Futures researcher Dr Bec Harris was lead author on a journal article in Nature Climate Change, and also co-authored an allied article on some of the authors' research in The Conversation. 

Dr Rebecca Harris presents plenary talk at IPCC meeting

16 May, 2018

Dr Bec Harris presents plenary talk at IPCC Expert Meeting on Regional Assessment in Trieste, Italy.

Dr Rebecca Harris awarded Humboldt Fellowship

1 November, 2016

Dr Bec Harris has been awarded a prestigious Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to work in Germany next year.

Comprehensive natural disaster risk assessment for Tasmania

1 July, 2016

Tasmania's most comprehensive natural disaster risk assessment is presented to the state government.

Fire risk in Tasmania’s World Heritage Area

1 June, 2016

The Tasmanian Government recently announced the launch of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Bushfire and Climate Change Research Project to examine how the state's fire fighting techniques can be strengthened.

Bushfire danger set to increase

1 October, 2015

Tasmania can expect roughly double the fire danger, over twice the area of land, by the end of the century.

ACE CRC team wins national award

6 December, 2012

Climate change research team wins national award for their work on the changing climate in Tasmania.

Climate research put to work

31 May, 2011

Fine-scale climate modelling results are now being put to use by Tasmanian farmers, businesses and the state government.