The Earth’s climate is influenced by interactions involving the Sun, atmosphere, ocean, clouds, ice, land and life.
Scientific observations indicate that the Earth’s climate has changed in the past and will continue to change in the future. Importantly, changes in climate conditions on timescales of years to decades can have significant effects on natural ecosystems, agricultural productivity, water availability and human health.
Scientists in our research group use a variety of research tools, including climate model simulations and observations, to better understand climate variability and change across Australia and the globe.
Active research projects include:
- greenhouse climate change;
- stratospheric ozone depletion;
- reconstructing past climates;
- detection and attribution of climate change;
- impacts of climate change on weather extremes;
- remote sensing and data assimilation; and
- future carbon emission scenarios.
Recent publications include an examination of southeast Australian climate variability from 1860 to 2009, and an assessment of the anthropogenic contributions to Australia's record summer temperatures of 2013.
England temperatures increasing because of climate change
Weather@home ANZ: the cause of recent Australian heat waves
Our Researchers
- Dr Roger Bodman
rwbodman@unimelb.edu.au - Dr Ghyslaine Boschat
ghyslaine.boschat@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 38344 6540 - Dr Roger Dargaville
rogerd@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 3514 - Dr Nick Earl
nick.earl@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 9035 3865 - Dr Joelle Gergis
jgergis@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 9868 - Dr Ben Henley
benjamin.henley@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 7997 - Dr Martin Jucker
martin.jucker@unimelb.edu.au - Professor David Karoly
dkaroly@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 4698 - Mr Kevin Keay
keay@unimelb.edu.au - Dr Andrew King
andrew.king@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 7997
Personal Website - Associate Professor Malte Meinshausen
malte.meinshausen@unimelb.edu.au
+61 4 6698 8037 - Professor Peter Rayner
prayner@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 9708 - Dr Robyn Schofield
robyn.schofield@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 1661 - Professor Ian Simmonds
simmonds@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 7216 - Associate Professor Kevin Walsh
kevin.walsh@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 6523 
PhD Students
- Mitchell Black
mtblack@student.unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 6911 - Mandy Freund
mfreund@student.unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 7673 - Fiona MacGill
fmacgill@student.unimelb.edu.au - Alexander Norton
nortona@student.unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 9980 - Justin Oogjes
joogjes@student.unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 6911 - Daniel Pazmino
danielpv@student.unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 7672 - Yann Robiou du Pont
yann.rdp@climate-energy-college.org
+61 466 092 509 - Anita Talberg
anita.talberg@climate-energy-college.org - Elisabeth Vogel
evogel@student.unimelb.edu.au - Annabelle Workman
a.workman@student.unimelb.edu.au
+61 400 077 784