📢Our PhD Internship Program is now open to PhD students from the The Australian National University, UNSW, the @University of Tasmania, Monash University and the University of Melbourne. ℹ️ More information and to apply: lnkd.in/g8FEW2qT 📆 Applications close 11 September 2026 5 pm (AEST)

ACCESS-NRI and CSIRO have released two new configurations of the ACCESS-OM2 and ACCESS-OM3 ocean models, featuring WOMBATlite, an ocean carbon cycle model built to help researchers understand how carbon moves through the ocean, one of the planet's most important carbon sponges. More: bit.ly/4fI1hHJ

We just released the July issue of our e-newsletter, ACCESStory! Current issue: bit.ly/ACCESStory-J... Subscribe: bit.ly/ACCESStory-S... 🌊 Meet WOMBATlite: the fresh release for the ACCESS-OM ocean model 📄 Apply for the next round of ACCESS-NRI PhD Internships

🌊 With ocean temperatures breaking records, climate modelling has never been more important. Average ocean temperatures only tell part of the story — the pattern of future warming matters too.

Uncharted Climate Futures: Visualising Pacific warming trends

YouTube video by Australia's climate simulator ACCESS-NRI

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More than 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouses goes into the ocean. But what happens in the oceans doesn’t stay there.

How is acoustic data helping #biodiversity #conservation? Prof Paul Roe shares @openecoacoustics.bsky.social + how NCRIS-funded ARDC, @atlasoflivingaus.bsky.social & @tern-aus.bsky.social are supporting better monitoring & decision-making for #conservation. #NCRISImpact #NCRIS20

Wondering what ACCESS-NRI is working on and how it may benefit the ACCESS community this year? We are pleased to release our Annual Work Plan for 2026–2027! 📙Read or download: bit.ly/4oVekK8 #NCRISImpact #ACCESSImpact

Why do climate models and observations show different warming patterns in the tropical Pacific over recent decades, and what does this mean for Australia? This video explains why answering this question is critical, so we don't enter unprepared into uncharted futures. 📽️Watch: youtu.be/5UTdCmsnki4

Uncharted Climate Futures: Visualising Pacific warming trends

YouTube video by Australia's climate simulator ACCESS-NRI

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Come contribute to the climate and weather modelling efforts of the @21stcenturyweather.bsky.social family at @unimelb.edu.au. Research Software Engineer position on Climate Modelling: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex... Cc @access-nri.bsky.social @nci-australia.bsky.social

ACCESS-NRI are proud to be part of a network of NCRIS-funded National Research Infrastructures that work together to support researchers. This video provides just one example of that collaboration for ocean research.

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Professor Moninya Roughan (UNSW) is partnering with industry through FishSOOP to collect ocean temperature data and improve predictions of future ocean conditions. Supported by NCI, @imos-aus.bsky.social, CSIRO, @access-nri.bsky.social through NCRIS. 🌊🔬 #NCRISImpact #NCRIS20

Abstract submissions for our 2026 ACCESS Community Workshop on Land and Coupled Modelling are closing soon! 🌏Where: Melbourne 📅 When: 31 August- 2 September 2026 ✍ Submit your abstract by 5 June 2026: bit.ly/4thJ7S6 ℹ️More information: bit.ly/4efUPs6

Registrations are now open for the 2026 "ACCESS Community Workshop Connecting Machine Learning to Earth System Science". 🌏Where: Melbourne 📅 When: 19-21 August 2026 ✍ Registration are now open! Register here: lnkd.in/gjNNcAMi 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ Propose training or group discussion sessions: bit.ly/4tEb6fV

An open letter from the ACCESS-NRI Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) to federal ministers about the impacts of CSIRO job cuts on Australia's modelling capability, noting that "these job cuts will significantly degrade this capability, and impair our capacity to produce new climate projections."

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"Climate risk information is only as reliable as the modelling infrastructure that underpins it. Neglecting Australian #climate modelling capability would be like continuing to use GPS after deciding to stop maintaining the satellites that make it work." 📝 www.scimex.org/newsfeed/ope...

📣Have your say: ARDC Annual Survey now open! Help improve the services we deliver to the Australian research community. Start the 5 min survey now: bit.ly/2026-ardc-su...

Join us for the "ACCESS Workshop Connecting Machine Learning to Earth System Science" from the 19-21 August in Melbourne, an unique opportunity to build a common knowledge base between the Machine Learning (ML) and Earth system physics communities. ✍ Abstract submissions are open: bit.ly/42xJBZf

🌏 Advancing climate science takes collaboration. Australia’s Earth system model ACCESS-ESM1.6 contributes to international climate modelling informing future IPCC assessments. Led by @csiropublishing.bsky.social and @access-nri.bsky.social, the model runs on Gadi. 🔗: nci.org.au/news-events/...

Photos from the 2025 ACCESS Community Workshop are now on the ACCESS-Hive Forum: bit.ly/4t0i2Dl Thanks to Harshula Jayasuriya for the fantastic photography, to everyone who made the event happen behind the scenes, and to the ACCESS community for their participation.

The March ACCESStory is now available! Highlights include: - PhD Internship Program applications open - In conversation with Mike Tetley - Reflections on #AMOS2026 conference - Release of ACCESS Community Datapool - CMIP7 production simulations underway Read it here: bit.ly/ACCESStoryMa...

ACCESS-NRI is commencing its planning cycle to develop our next Annual Work Plan (FY2026-27). The online form for early input is now open and closes on 16 March, 2026: ✍ bit.ly/4b6I8OV 💡We encourage community members to share their ideas, priorities and suggestions! More information: bit.ly/3NtpF61

We had a fantastic week at #AMOS2026. As in previous years, it was wonderful to attend the many talks that use ACCESS models, data and tools in their research and the many discussions highlighting the value and importance of national research infrastructure for climate researchers #NCRISImpact

How does ACCESS-NRI promote good data management? At #AMOS2026, our data specialist Dr Joshua Torrance outlined how ACCESS-NRI is improving the FAIRness (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) of data in the ACCESS ecosystem.

#AMOS2026 has started at Nipaluna (Hobart) and the ACCESS-NRI team is participating with presentations, workshops and posters! If you are in Hobart, visit our booth and win a pin, tote bag or T-shirt by giving us feedback about our infrastructure! 🏅

Our first ACCESStory newsletter for 2026 is live! Discover: 🤝 ‘Collaboration Infrastructure' article about ACCESS-ESM1.6 👩‍💻 In conversation with Rachel Law from CSIRO 💬 Work Plan feedback opportunity 🌏 ACCESS-OM2 and ACCESS-rAM3 releases 📰 Community article summaries Read it here: bit.ly/4au9zRb

🌏 Big news for Aussie climate research! @access-nri.bsky.social 's ACCESS-rAM3 now runs on NCI supercomputers, giving scientists & students fast local insights into extreme weather, water security & climate impacts—no massive downloads needed! Read more : nci.org.au/research/cas...

✨💻 We loved welcoming NYSF students to NCI to showcase how Australia’s national research infrastructure enables impactful science 🧬🧑‍🔬 Brilliant talks from NCI, @phenomicsaustralia.org.au & @access-nri.bsky.social, plus a tour of NCI data hall and ACCESS-NRI’s ocean simulator 🌊

What does a career at the interface of software engineering 👩‍💻, climate science 🌏, and high-performance computing 💽 look like? Students from the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) found out at a recent collaborative event.

How well do climate models represent aerosols in the Southern Ocean? ☁️ 🌊 We spoke with Dr Sonya Fiddes from the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (@antarctic.bsky.social) about her recent paper published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 🔗 Read our interview here: bit.ly/FiddesAerosols

Publication: Evaluating aerosols in the Southern Ocean - ACCESS-NRI

We spoke with Dr Sonya Fiddes about her paper that explores the interaction between marine aerosols, clouds and radiation using ACCESS-AM2.

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Thrilled to share our 2024-2025 Highlights Report! Check out our achievements in engagement, training, model development, model release & more. Huge thanks to the ACCESS community and our amazing team! 📑 Read more or download: zenodo.org/records/1762... #ACCESSHighlights25 #NCRISImpact

Australia's climate future: new ACCESS model goes global - @access-nri.bsky.social l www.access-nri.org.au/australias-c...

Australia’s climate future: new ACCESS model goes global - ACCESS-NRI

Climate change will shape everything about life in Australia – from the homes we live in and the food we grow to the risks of...

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📢Big news for climate science in Australia! 🌏 This week, Australia’s latest climate model, ACCESS-ESM1.6, is ready to enter the global stage through the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP7), which will inform the next IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social report. #NCRISImpact 📖Read more: bit.ly/497IQu5

🌏 Behind every COP summit is a massive global climate modeling effort that compares Earth system models around the world: #CMIP7. Read this article by @andyhogg.bsky.social and Tilo Ziehn about how Australia is participating to help predict our planet's future. 🔗 theconversation.com/behind-every...

Behind every COP is a global data project that predicts Earth’s future. Here’s how it works

The project collects troves of data from the best climate models around the world – and the newest update to it is now underway.

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