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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 […]

Air purifier installed in a nursery ward.

CSIRO, ACU, UTAS and DEWLP working together to understand indoor smoke in public spaces

Smoke exposure health effects The Australian bushfires of summer 2019/2020 have produced large amounts of smoke with yet unknown long-term […]

Characterising the Organics and Aerosol Loading of Australia, COALA

COALA is a broad project designed to study the emissions and atmospheric chemistry of Australian biogenic compounds (gases emitted by […]

An apartment block building with air conditioners appearing on many windows

CSIRO data used to prove HFC-23 greenhouse gas on the rise

CSIRO has contributed to an international study on rising levels of hydroflourocarbon-23 (HFC-23), a greenhouse gas that is 12,400 times […]