Research needs for sustainable growth in tropical north Queensland
[17 July 2009] Some of Australia's top climate change scientists are meeting on Monday in Port Douglas to scope tropical north Queensland's climate science priorities and challenges, in a two-day workshop jointly sponsored by the Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, the Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility and the CSIRO. The CSIRO has been responsible for providing the latest information about climate change to the Australian community, industry and government. Together with the Bureau of Meteorology, they are attempting to answer some fundamental questions about future climate and weather - particularly in the Australian tropics. These involve the behaviour of tropical cyclones, the El Nino Soutern Oscillation phenomenon, extreme temperatures and rainfall, and rising sea levels. [pdf 94.8 kb]