The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science will host its first annual winter school on July 9-13 at the School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne. This is a high-level education program for honours and graduate students interested in climate science. Most students will have an undergraduate …
Read More »Admissions and scholarships
If you are interested in undertaking an honours or graduate degree at the Centre of Excellence you should first identify who within the centre you wish to work with, our Team pages are a good start to see the different areas of interest of our researchers. Please do not email all researchers in the …
Read More »Extreme hot temperatures increase by 40% as world heats up
Extremely hot temperatures around the world are 40% more common today than 60 years ago according to new research from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science. In a world first, researchers at the Centre investigated six decades of global observational data with regards to frequencies of certain …
Read More »Research program: Mechanisms explaining changes in Australian climate extremes
Australia has long been a land of extreme weather events but under climate change it is expected that at least some of these events could be more intense and may occur at profoundly different intervals than in the past. Extremes can include droughts and floods, or heatwaves, changes in the …
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Centre Director Professor Christian Jakob Professor of Atmospheric Science School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment Phone: Email: Researcher ID: A-1082-2010 More information >> Deputy Director Professor Matthew H. England ARC Laureate Fellow Climate Change Research Centre Phone: Email: Researcher ID: A-7539-2011 ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9696-2930 More information >> Chief Investigator A/Prof Lisa Alexander UNSW Phone: …
Read More »Graduate and Honours Opportunities
Our Graduate Program has now transitioned to the ARC Centre for Excellence for Climate Extremes. If you are interested in graduate opportunites with us, please visit our new website. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science offers a range of graduate and honours opportunities. Outstanding students may receive …
Read More »Publications 2016
This publication list is ordered alphabetically by lead author. To obtain a copy of any of these publications contact the relevant team member via the Centre Team page. Browse publications by year: 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 2016 BOOK CHAPTER Dean, A., D. Green, and P. Nunn (2016), The Impacts of Climate Finance on an …
Read More »Research program: Drivers of spatial and temporal climate variability in extra-tropical Australia
Australia’s climate is profoundly affected by the interaction of the oceans with the atmosphere as seen by the effects of the El Nino Southern Oscillation and the Indian Ocean Dipole. Through exploring the slow-moving oceanic drivers of climate change, the Centre’s researchers can reveal long-term changes. This will allow researchers …
Read More »About the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science
The Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science is a major initiative funded by the Australian Research Council. The Centre is an international research consortium of five Australian universities and a suite of outstanding national and international Partner Organizations. It will build on and improve existing understanding of the modeling …
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If you would like to add an event to this calendar, please email Alvin Stone. 2017 Summer school on sea-level change: observations, processes and modelling August 27 – September 1 This Summer School will provide PhD students and junior scientists specializing in sea level research with a basic introduction to the …
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