Earth and Environmental Science

Earth and environmental science research has long been a cornerstone of NCI’s user base. Through integrated high-performance computing and data, NCI is a central hub for many of the weather, climate, earth-observation and geoscience activities of the Australian research community and national science agencies.

An image of Australia showing exposed surface soil in gradients of red.

29 Apr 2016

New website showcases Australia's environment

Australia's Environment - A map of exposed soil around the country NCI's data and compute expertise have played an integral role in a recently launched website that provides easy access to a wide

A healthy, green lettuce with heavy frost over all its leaves.

Research Highlights

20 Apr 2016

More frosts to hit WA crops

Earth and Environmental Science

South west Western Australia is set to see more intense and frequent frosts. This article originally appeared in the 2014/15 NCI Annual Report New research suggests south western Australia will become

A group of white and black penguins standing on icy rocks and reflected in the water.

Research Highlights

08 Apr 2016

Predicting sea level rise

Earth and Environmental Science

NCI partners, the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC), are scaling up their models on Raijin to investigate sea level rise. "The largest uncertainty in predictions

An oil rig and shipping container off shore from a beach while dark storm clouds approach.

Research Highlights

19 Feb 2016

Deep-water ocean modelling for industry

Earth and Environmental Science

Engineering

NCI is providing high-performance computational services to global not-for-profit engineering organisation DHI Water and Environment Pty Ltd. "We specialise in engineering involving water," explains

Andrea Taschetto sits in front of a computer showing brightly coloured world maps.

Research Highlights

03 Feb 2016

Advancing science to reduce drought disasters

Earth and Environmental Science

Researchers are using NCI's supercomputer Raijin to better understand how El Nino impacts Australia's rainfall. Dr Andrea Taschetto, Associate Investigator at the Australian Research Council (ARC)

A scientific diagram showing swirling water in the Southern Ocean going down to 6000 metres.

Research Highlights

11 Dec 2015

What drives the deep

Earth and Environmental Science

Professor Nathan Bindoff and his team at the University of Tasmania are using Raijin to investigate how the Southern ocean drives the Earth's climate systems. "The Earth's poles are actually warmer

A green pointed mountain in the background, a cone shaped volcano with a cloud of smoke coming out of it in front, and a steamy orange lake in the foreground.

Research Highlights

23 Jul 2015

Preparing for future eruptions

Earth and Environmental Science

Volcanic ash is entirely different from the bushfire or backyard barbeque ash that most Australians are familiar with. It's abrasive and corrosive rock, formed from small particles of fragmented lava

Two panels showing a cyclone over the north-west coast of Australia modelled in high-resolution on the left by the ACCESS model and in lower resolution on the right by MTSAT.

Research Highlights

18 Feb 2015

Prediction power

Earth and Environmental Science

Technology

During the past couple of decades, Australia's weather forecasting ability has improved dramatically, thanks to advances in science and computational technology. Now the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) is

Bright yellow and red lava flows around rocks and other obstructions.

Research Highlights

18 Oct 2014

Aussie volcanic mystery explained

Earth and Environmental Science

Scientists have used Raijin to solve a long-standing mystery surrounding Australia's only active volcanic area. The 500 kilometre long region stretches from Melbourne to the South Australian town of

Research Highlights

08 Jul 2014

Antarctica sea could warm twice as much as previously thought

Earth and Environmental Science

New research shows projected changes in the winds circling the Antarctic may accelerate global sea level rise significantly more than previously estimated. Changes to Antarctic winds have already been

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Earth and Environmental Science

New website showcases Australia's environment

More frosts to hit WA crops

Predicting sea level rise

Deep-water ocean modelling for industry

Advancing science to reduce drought disasters

What drives the deep

Preparing for future eruptions

Prediction power

Aussie volcanic mystery explained

Antarctica sea could warm twice as much as previously thought

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