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"CSIRO has told staff it will cut 92 positions in its environment unit – just
days after the Australian government boosted funding to the national science
agency by A$387 million.
Our scientific colleagues have told us roughly a third of CSIRO’s climate
modellers will lose their jobs – between four and six roles out of about 15
scientists. These cuts come on the back of decades of slow but steady
reductions in funding in the same area. This threatens Australia’s ability to
do its own climate modelling at a time when the United States has drastically
cut its climate science program.
The cuts pose a direct threat to Australia’s climate model, known as ACCESS
(Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator). It’s the only global
climate model developed in the southern hemisphere.
If ACCESS funding is reduced, Australia will have less ability to model how
climate change will affect us. That means less ability to forecast how threats
such as sea-level rise will play out and plan how we adapt."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
