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CSIRO and NASA collaborate for near real time analyses of volcano plume

The AeroSpan Network has assisted NASA in tracking the volcanic plume from the Hunga Tonga volcano which erupted between 14-15 […]

Fifty years of carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements in the background atmosphere of SE Australia

P. Fraser, R. Langenfelds, N. Derek, P. Krummel, Z. Loh, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria March 2022 In a […]

Global methane (CH₄) emissions are rising

Global methane (CH₄) emissions are rising. But is this true for all regions? Are humans responsible for these increases or […]

Global CFC emissions now declining again as expected under the Montreal Protocol

In 2018, a paper published in Nature (Montzka et al., 2018), using observations of CFC-11 concentrations in the atmosphere from […]

Carbon dioxide levels over Australia rose even after COVID-19 forced global emissions down. Here’s why

Shutterstock Originally published in The Conversation The Authors' Conversation Profiles: Zoe Loh, CSIRO; Helen Cleugh, CSIRO; Paul Krummel, CSIRO, and […]

Installation of the MAT252 at Aspendale in August, 1990. From left: Roger Francey, Colin Allison, and Finnigan MAT representatives Winfried Schmidt and Jim Bearpark

The 30th anniversary of a CSIRO stalwart

ACC’s greenhouse gases team are celebrating 30 years of carbon dioxide (CO2) isotope measurements from their MAT252 mass spectrometer in […]

Testing of Aerosol hood

Helping tackle COVID-19 – preventing aerosol transmission and improving patient care

The COVID-19 crisis has caused tremendous changes to our economy and way of life. In the healthcare sector, there is […]

CSIRO – Out in the smoke of Prescribed Burns developing smoke emission factors

This year during the planned burning season, Dr. Fabienne Reisen and her extended team ventured into the field to measure […]

Past Antarctic air informs our future

Updated 7 April 2020 An international team of specialised scientists and engineers are undertaking an exciting Antarctic project. On the […]

Ice core section showing air bubbles

Frozen air reveals human-caused emissions of fossil methane much higher than previously estimated

Air trapped in Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets over the industrial period has shown that human-caused methane emissions are 25 […]