Climate Change Science Hub

How is climate change affecting our world, and how can science best respond?

The Climate Change Science Hub brings together world-leading researchers across the physical and natural sciences to confront the complex, interconnected challenges of climate change. Our interdisciplinary research drives science-led solutions for a sustainable and resilient future.

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Dark rain clouds rolling over Melbourne CBD

New study sheds light on Victoria’s future rainfall

The study highlights the important role of natural climate variability in shaping recent rainfall patterns, and how this influences expectations for the future.

Poecilia fish

Male fish lose their learning edge in polluted waters, study finds

A common antidepressant detected in rivers and streams worldwide is disrupting how fish learn, and the impact is strikingly one-sided.

Australia’s climate is now operating on a different baseline

Australia’s climate is shifting at breakneck speed, and a Monash expert is helping explain why

A new national report released by the Climate Council, Breakneck Speed: Summer of Climate Whiplash, provides the clearest picture yet of how rapidly these extremes are accelerating.

Professor Craig White and Professor Dustin Marshall

Climate action essential to protect global fish stocks, Monash sustainability expert warns

As climate change accelerates, the world’s fisheries face steep declines in productivity, a threat that demands urgent, forward-looking policy action, according to Monash University Faculty of Science Associate Dean for Sustainability and

Dr Sridevi Sureshkumar and Professor Sureshkumar Balasubramanian

Designer crops: Using AI to future-proof rice crops against climate change

A world-first research collaboration led by Monash University will use artificial intelligence and genome editing to help protect rice crops from rising global temperatures.

Tawny coster

Butterfly on the move: social media reveals rapid spread of invasive species into Australia

A fast-moving butterfly is helping scientists prove that Facebook and Flickr aren’t just for holiday snaps, they could be key allies in tracking invasive species and monitoring biodiversity shifts in real time.

Lesley Alton

Dr Lesley Alton: Curiosity drives science and maths underpins every discipline

For Dr Lesley Alton, understanding how animals cope with a rapidly changing world is both a scientific challenge and an urgent responsibility.

Kathryn Fitzsimmons

Associate Professor Kathryn Fitzsimmons: Be brave and don’t be daunted

For Associate Professor Kathryn Fitzsimmons, an ARC Future Fellowship awardee in 2025, the story of Earth’s deserts is a story about people, climate, resilience, and deep time.

Katya Pas

The year we re-imagined what science can do

2025 has been a defining year for Monash Science a year where curiosity ignited innovation, and ideas turned into national and global impact.

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