Recent news and projects

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 […]

Is remaining indoors an effective way of reducing exposure to fine particulate matter during biomass burning events?

Smoke from the bushfires currently burning across southern Australia has sent air pollution warnings sky rocketing in many cities and […]

DELWP Smoke Emissions and Transport Report published!

In Victoria, Australia, there is a strong mandate to reduce fuel loads through prescribed burning. One of the challenges of […]

CASANZ 2019

Melita, Martin and Ian attended the 24th International Clean Air and Environment Conference in Queenstown, New Zealand between 16-18 September […]

CSIRO at Mardi Gras!

Max Desservettaz from the ACC group, alongside Chris and Sarah from O&A (see photo), was amongst 50 of CSIRO employees […]

A Lesson in Baseline

It’s hard not to get blown away (quite literally) by the sweeping landscapes of Tasmania’s coastlines and Cape Grim is […]

2018 joint iCACGP-IGAC Conference in Takamatsu, Japan

As Typhoon Trami made its way slowly towards Japan, over 600 scientists from around the globe, including a large contingent […]

Investigating atmospheric optical properties at Garden Island

In May 2018, the Australian Defence Science and Technology Group commissioned the AIRBOX to support a project to better understand the […]