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The Chronos 14 Carbon Cycle Facility researches innovative uses of radiocarbon to gain new insights into the global carbon cycle. ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç is an international leader in using the past to reduce future environmental uncertainties by spearheading global research programs including past and contemporary climate, extinctions, evolution, adaptation, water resources and the carbon cycle at unprecedented detail.

ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç scientists are actively engaged in world-class research focused on the earth’s climate system. Our goal is to better understand, predict and adapt to climate variability and climate change.

Our research into the fundamental science of climate dynamics and climate change is concentrated in The Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC). Here, world-leading researchers strive to advance our understanding of the earth’s climate system, spanning time periods from the past to the future, and timescales from hours and days (extreme events) to years and centuries (large- and long-scale variability and change). We have expertise in atmosphere, ocean, land and carbon cycle research. Our scientists also educate ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç students, engage in public outreach and advise the government and private sectors on climate-related science and the causes and consequences of global warming.

The study of life on a dynamic earth, including the interlinkages between the evolution of the Earth and its landscapes and the emergence and diversification of life, is a major research focus of ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Sydney’s Earth and Sustainability Science Research Centre (ESSRC).

Study in earth sciences includes the study of human evolution, dispersal and colonisation and how this impacts environmental systems and processes. By providing insights into earth’s systems prior to human disruption, our research offers new insights into a range of critical areas with practical consequence, such as species and ecological community conservation, landscape and resource use and management, and human health.

Ecology is the study of organisms in their natural habitats and of the interactions among species. Ecological research in ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Science investigates how organisms interact with their biological and physical environment and more. The Evolution & Ecology Research Centre’s areas of study in ecology include: 

• community ecology
  
• marine ecology
  
• eco-toxicology
  
• animal ecology
  
• plant ecology 
  
• landscape ecology
  
• urban ecology
  
• global ecology 
  
• applied ecology
  
• ecological methodology.