The ESCC Hub science webinar series provided an opportunity to hear about the science being undertaken in the Hub, directly from the researchers.
The webinars were open to the research community, stakeholders and anyone interested in finding out more about the Hub’s research.
View past ESCC Hub webinars
The ESCC Hub science webinars were provided from late 2017 until early 2021. Webinar topics included a wide range of climate science research and issues, such as ocean heat content, flash drought, climate projections, climate modelling, engagement with the financial services sector and tropical cyclones, to name just a few.
View the Hub’s webinars below:
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Looking back on the Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub
We’re proudly launching our landmark synthesis report, ‘Climate change in a land of extremes: Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub (2015-21).
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Science webinar: Flash drought in Australia – rapid and devastating
In this webinar, Tess Parker and Ailie Gallant from Monash University provide an overview of flash drought – what it is, how it works and what it means for the Australian environment.
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Science webinar: Informing climate change adaptation planning for the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area
In this webinar, Melinda Laidlaw (Qld Department of Environment and Science) and Sugata Narsey (Bureau of Meteorology) discuss the climate change information knowledge gaps identified for the Gondwana Rainforests WHA, and demonstrate how the information resulting from this collaboration can inform adaptation planning.
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Science webinar: Scenario analysis of climate-related physical risk for buildings and infrastructure – Guidelines from the Climate Measurement Standards Initiative
In this webinar, our presenters provide an overview of the Climate Measurement Standards Initiative, including financial disclosure of climate risks and key acute and chronic climate hazards that can be important for exposure of infrastructure and other sectors.
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Science webinar: ‘TasLab Engage’: Industry engagement to identify climate sensitive decisions on multi-year timescales
In this webinar, Dr Carly Tozer (CSIRO) discusses the outcomes of the ‘TasLab Engage’ case study which collected valuable Tasmanian stakeholder information to contribute to the development of multi-year to decadal forecasts for Australia. Carly will discuss the stakeholder engagement process, key findings and new understandings about the decisions stakeholders make on annual to multi-year timescales that can be influenced by climate outcomes.
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Science webinar: Building partnerships for robust climate risk assessments – why, what, how, when?
In this webinar, ESCC Hub leader Professor David Karoly uses the Hub developed climate toolkit to provide an overview of why and what climate change information can be used for informing robust risk and impact assessments. David also discusses how and when to use climate information in decision making, using a number of current Hub case studies and engagements as examples.
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Science webinar: Understanding the impact of climate change on the Northern Territory mango industry
In this webinar, Mandy Hopkins (ESCC Hub) and Maddison Clonan (NT DPIR) talk about how an assessment of the climate change impacts on the NT mango industry was carried out, what they found, how it can inform the industry and how the assessment process can be applied to other commodities and sectors.
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Science webinar: Insights into Australia’s future climate from new global climate modelling
In this webinar, ESCC Hub researchers Dr Michael Grose and Sugata Narsey will summarise and highlight the Hub’s analysis and studies of the CMIP6 climate model simulations just released, with a focus on climate projections for Australia.
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Science webinar: Overview of the IPCC Special Report on the Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
In this webinar, ESCC Hub researcher Professor Nathan Bindoff (University of Tasmania) summarises and highlights the significance of key findings from the IPCC Special Report on the Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate for the oceans and polar regions, and for Australia.
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Science webinar: Impacts of climate change and variability on ocean waves
In this webinar, ESCC Hub researchers Eng. Joao Morim and Dr Andrew Marshall discuss the impacts of climate change and variability on wind-forced waves, to inform the next generation of Australian coastal climate projections towards improved coastal planning and management.
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Science webinar: Disentangling environmental and human drivers of carbon dioxide uptake and release on land
In this webinar, Dr Vanessa Haverd (CSIRO) provides an overview of the land carbon cycle, including the natural and human-induced sources and sinks. She also describes the role and performance of an Australian land-surface model, and presents results focusing on the contributions of carbon dioxide fertilisation versus land-use change to the net land carbon sink
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Science webinar: Ensuring Australian climate model simulations inform global climate assessments
In this webinar, Dr Simon Marsland from CSIRO will introduce the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) design and experimental protocols, and present results from the ACCESS simulations of past, present and future global climate that are being processed for submission to CMIP6.
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Science webinar: Australia’s boundary current pathways to the deep ocean
In this webinar, Dr Helen Phillips (University of Tasmania) introduces the ocean’s role in the climate system, and how it draws down heat from the atmosphere. She also discusses new understanding of the Leeuwin Current and South Australian Current systems, and their role in the global ocean circulation.
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Science webinar: Assessing future climate risks and adaptation options for Australian water systems
In this webinar, Michelle Ho from the CSIRO discusses how a robust (bottom-up) assessment approach known as ‘decision scaling’ can be used to assess future climate risks and adaptation options for a variety of water systems, including the lower Murray-Darling Basin.
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Science webinar: Tropical cyclones in the Australian region – past, present and future
In this webinar, Tony Rafter (CSIRO) outlines current understanding of historical tropical cyclone behaviour, recent trends in the Australian region and future trends. He demonstrates how a new interactive web tool developed through the ESCC Hub – the Tropical Cyclone Projections Portal – is helping us understand and communicate potential changes in tropical cyclone frequency and location in future climates.
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Science webinar: The causes of coastal erosion
In this webinar, Associate Professor David Kennedy discusses the current state of knowledge on beach and dune landform dynamics. He also draws on a range of examples from around Australia exploring the decadal timescales on which beaches operate and how this impacts coastal erosion management decisions.
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Science webinar: What causes marine heatwaves and how are they changing?
In this webinar, Professor Neil Holbrook discusses our understanding of ocean temperature extremes and marine heatwaves globally and regionally, including some of the more significant marine heatwave events observed around the world in recent years, their impacts and what caused them.
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Science webinar: Understanding past and future extreme events and their causes
In this webinar, Dr Pandora Hope from the Bureau of Meteorology provides an overview of the latest extreme event attribution science, discusses results from a number of case studies across Australia and hints at where future research might lead.
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Science webinar: Understanding future extreme sea levels – tools and information to support coastal management
In this webinar, Dr Julian O’Grady provides an overview of the latest science on extreme sea levels, and gives a brief demonstration of the newly released Canute3.0 tool to estimate the frequency of future extreme water levels.
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Science webinar: Climate Thresholds – an easy way to explore future climate extremes
In this webinar John Clarke provided a demonstration of the Thresholds Calculator tool within the Climate Change in Australia website to estimate the frequency of future hot, cold, wet and dry extremes under different emissions scenarios.
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Science webinar: The IPCC process and our changing oceans, ecosystems and human communities
In this seminar, Professor Nathan Bindoff from the University of Tasmania describes the IPCC processes and discusses some of the new and emerging research around our changing oceans.
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Science webinar: The impact of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on rainfall in a warming world
In this webinar, Dr Scott Power discusses significant advances in our understanding of current and future ENSO and rainfall variability based on research undertaken within the ESCC Hub using numerous climate models from around the world.
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Science webinar: Australia’s national climate model (ACCESS): Development and application
In this webinar, Dr Harun Rashid talks about building the ACCESS climate model, Hub research to improve the atmospheric model component of ACCESS, and preparation of ACCESS for submission to CMIP6. Research results from previous versions of ACCESS are also briefly outlined, to indicate the expected outcomes from the latest version of ACCESS.
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Science webinar: Water futures under climate change – science, applications and challenges
IIn this webinar, Dr Francis Chiew presents methods and projections of future water availability in Australia. He also discusses the challenges and opportunities in modelling, and potential approaches to incorporate consideration of climate change in water management and planning.