Climate Change Research Centre

We raise awareness by researching the impacts and risks of climate change to create a better climate future.

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UNSW CCRC is a multi-disciplinary research centre comprising one of the largest university research facilities of its kind in Australia, administered within the School of BEES in the Faculty of Science.

CCRC houses research expertise in the key areas of Earth's climate: atmospheric, oceanic and terrestrial processes. We apply basic scientific principles to pressing questions on climate dynamics, global climate change, and extremes of weather and climate.

View our Climate Change Research Centre Strategic Plan 2022-26

Vision statement

The CCRC is a world-leading research centre in physical and biogeochemical climate science, and educates the Australian and global community about risks associated with climate variability and change.

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Deep ocean currents around Antarctica headed for collapse, study finds

Antarctic circulation could slow by more than 40 per cent over the next three decades, with significant implications for oceans and the climate.

Mar 30, 2023
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Deep ocean currents around Antarctica headed for collapse, study finds

Antarctic circulation could slow by more than 40 per cent over the next three decades, with significant implications for oceans and the climate.

Mar 30, 2023
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Climate Change Research Centre
Level 4, Mathews Building
The University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052

Phone: +61 2 9385 9766
Email: ccrc@unsw.edu.au