The CLEX node at University of Melbourne is offering several PhD scholarships on a competitive basis. Details of how to apply can be found on this page along with some example projects offered by our researchers.
Join us for a presentation and panel discussion on ‘The Melbourne region Healthy Waterways Strategy’ as part of the University of Melbourne’s Water Security Series. As Melbourne’s population grows and climate change impacts increase, the waterways of the region will be put under greater stress. Efforts to improve water quality, ecologic function and the amenity value of the waterways will need to be increased. The recently completed Melbourne region Healthy Waterways Strategy has established a new vision for the health... View Article
A million species at immediate risk of extinction. Should we panic about the IPBES Global Assessment report? During the recent federal election campaign, a new landmark report on the state of global biodiversity was released, but went largely unnoticed in the Australian media. The recent IPBES Global Assessment paints a grim picture of current and anticipated loss in biodiversity and ecosystem services. It is the most comprehensive report of its kind ever completed, and finds that around 1 million animal and plant... View Article
The objective of the project is to use a combination of station-based measurements and reanalyses (e.g. BARRA, ERA-5) to create a climatology of precipitable water for Australia. After creating the dataset, the student will also analyse trends and variability.
Jeremy Baskin (University of Melbourne). Book Launch: Geoengineering, the Anthropocene and the End of Nature. This event, hosted by the Melbourne School of Government, is to celebrate and launch a new book by Jeremy Baskin, titled ‘Geoengineering, the Anthropocene and the End of Nature’. Jeremy is a Senior Research Fellow at the Melbourne School of Government. The book, published by Palgrave, will be launched by Prof. Robyn Eckersley, Professor of Politics in the School of Social and Political Science. The book takes a critical look... View Article
Project A: Mixed-phase Clouds and Precipitation Processes over the Southern Ocean Main Supervisor: Dr Yi Huang (The University of Melbourne) Co-supervisor: Dr Robyn Schofield (The University of Melbourne) Co-supervisor: Prof Steven Siems (Monash University) This project will involve collaboration with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the UK Met Office. Clouds and precipitation over the Southern Ocean (SO) remain poorly understood and a major barrier to improving the representation of a coupled climate system. This limits our ability to forecast... View Article
A successful workshop on the science of multi-year drought was recently held at Monash University in Melbourne, where 50 experts from Australia, and small number of experts from the UK and the US, met to discuss what we know about the science of these droughts in Australia.
Adam Turner (Corporate Development Specialist at SolX Energy Australia). Reducing Energy consumption.
Description Climate Update 2019 – Sydney will present an overview of how our climate is changing and how we are responding to these changes in Australia and around the world. You’ll hear from experts, practitioners and leading commentators, including from UTS and the Australian National University (ANU). Part 1 will summarise the latest climate research, including a snapshot of newly released data on how our climate changed in 2018. Part 2 will discuss climate action, its economic opportunities and risks and... View Article
Geoengineering is the technofix to climate change – a complex, contentious and high-stakes proposal that, in the absence of credible long-term global emissions reduction, cannot be overlooked. Anita’s PhD project adopts a sustainability perspective within which scenarios are often used in the management of long-term, complex, and uncertain issues. It investigates how a scenario exercise can inform sustainable geoengineering governance in Australia. This seminar provides an overview of the thesis and a detailed view of one chapter in which a... View Article