{"id":430476,"date":"2026-03-11T20:20:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=430476"},"modified":"2026-03-11T20:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:20:43","slug":"big-cuts-to-csiro-aussie-science-jobs-but-climate-research-is-protected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=430476","title":{"rendered":"Big cuts to CSIRO Aussie Science Jobs, but Climate Research is Protected?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists are claiming CSIRO job cuts will impede climate research. But the CSIRO has testified to the Senate there will be no impact on \u201cthe scale of research\u201d into Climate Change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scientists call for urgent funding as hundreds of CSIRO job cuts loom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further details <\/strong>about the up to 350 jobs losses expected at the CSIRO are likely to be announced this week.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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A CSIRO scientist fears the cuts will harm Australia\u2019s ability to adapt and respond to climate change, but the science agency says that\u2019s not the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A union branch representing CSIRO scientists is calling for urgent funding to stop the job losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Environment Research Unit is expected to be hit hardest with 130\u2014150 positions, or up to 21 per cent of its workforce, flagged for cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the CSIRO has told a Senate inquiry the changes \u201cwill not impact the scale of research that the CSIRO undertakes in relation to climate change\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The CSIRO staff association told a Senate inquiry it believed \u201cfundamental research lacking industry partners\u201d was vulnerable to cuts, even if it was essential to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExamples included research related to air quality and smoke detection, the integration of long-term field modelling with complex vadose modelling, biotechnology and climate modelling research,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-03-10\/csiro-call-for-urgent-funding-as-job-cuts-loom\/106433192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This follows on from big environmental science cuts in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even Canada is Walking Back Environmental Funding<\/a><\/blockquote>