June 19^th
2009

Understanding climate change is one of the most critical scientific goals of our time. This is a complex issue, highly political and will affect not only us but generations to come. Climate change can be separated into several components: quantifying and understanding how the Earth is currently changing (increasing global temperatures and sea levels, melting of ice caps), understanding the forces driving these changes (greenhouse gas emissions vs natural climate variation), predicting future climate scenarios and assessing the likelihood of their eventuality. (see Research School of Earth Science website for more information)

Follow links to climate change research at the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences
Ice Caps and Water Resources
Sea Level Rise
Coral Reef
Ocean Dynamics
Radiocarbon (14C)
The Indian Ocean Dipole
Cosmogenic Nuclides
Geobiology Research