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We deliver world-class computer simulations for climate, weather and Earth systems, specifically designed for Australia and the southern hemisphere. NCRIS-enabled #NCRISimpact
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🌍 Last week, 140+ Antarctic scientists came together in #Hobart for our ACEAS Research Forum 2025 to share the latest research and insights about the climate risks emerging from #Antarctica and the #SouthernOcean.

Read more: antarctic.org.au/aceas-resear...
ACEAS Research Forum 2025: a national gathering of Antarctic science excellence - ACEAS
More than 140 researchers from across Australia gathered in Hobart last week for the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) Research Forum, held from 5 to 7 November at the Univ...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
💡 Sharing knowledge and expertise with peers is important.

ACCESS-NRI had strong representation at the eResearch conference last week, with staff members participating in 10 sessions across the 3-day conference. 🧑‍🏫
October 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Attending the eResearch Australasia Conference this week? Say hello at our exhibition stand, or attend a session featuring our fabulous staff!

View the full program here: conference.eresearch.edu.au/program/
October 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A fantastic video staring our visualisation expert Owen Kaluza, on the power of visualisations for climate and weather research. These visualisations are created using supercomputers like @pawseycentre.bsky.social and @nci-australia.bsky.social #NCRISImpact
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4va...
The power of visualisation on supercomputers
YouTube video by Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre
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October 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Issue 15 of the ACCESStory newsletter is now available!
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Our popular "In conversation with" section features interviews with ACCESS-NRI's recent PhD interns: Claire Yung and Jemma Jeffree.

To get our newsletter and updates direct to your inbox, sign up here: eepurl.com/hUExr5
ACCESStory Issue 15: October 2025
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October 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
We are excited to share this important overview of #CMIP7! Australia is submitting one model configuration, ACCESS-ESM1.6, for the FastTrack component of CMIP7, and mobilising a large-scale initiative of researchers from many disciplines and institutions.
🔗Paper: bit.ly/3VSzIlO
🔗More: bit.ly/42vlGu5
CMIP7 Overview and how is Australia participating on this international collaboration - ACCESS-NRI
A paper published this week in Geoscientific Model Development provides an overview of the seventh phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP). This international...
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October 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We are thrilled to welcome the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) as a partner organisation! This positions Australia at the forefront of Antarctic and Southern Ocean research, combining ACCESS-NRI's world-class modelling infrastructure with AAD's scientific expertise.
🌏More: bit.ly/4nK26Cj
September 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Today, the Academy is leading global change as co-convener of the landmark ‘Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action’ at the UN General Assembly alongside
@burnetinstitute.bsky.social Brown University & The OSLUV Project – building on the WHO's 2021 declaration clean air is a basic human right.
September 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
We just heard an ocean eddy during #ACCESSWorkshop25 and it was marvelous! Dark Oceanography is an interdisciplinary collaboration that integrating climate science with experimental music by the School of Music and Performance at @monashuniversity.bsky.social and @21stcenturyweather.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The last Keynote speaker of the #ACCESSCommunity25 Workshop @renatobrgh.bsky.social form @caltech.edu presented on the challenges of Minding the Carbon Gap: Bridging Observations and Process-Based Understanding for Earth System Modeling Innovation. Lots of food for thought + a great intro to #CliMA
September 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
We started the second day of the #ACCESSCommunity25 Workshop with a fantastic keynote from Cat Vreugdenhil from the University of Melbourne, entitled "Ocean convection, circulation and ice shelves: A fine-scale numerical simulation approach to modelling ocean processes"
September 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
An insightful presentation from our first keynote speaker Gokhan Danabasoglu from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in the US, showing the significant advances and challenges of the high-resolution simulations with the Community Earth System Model (CESM). #ACCESSCommunity25
September 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Our #ACCESSCommunity25 Workshop is officially open in Melbourne and we're absolutely overwhelmed by the amazing turnout from our community!
A special acknowledgment to the powerful Welcome to Country ceremony from Wurundjeri Elder Tony Garvey.
Looking forward to three days of talks + discussions!
September 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The ACCESS Training Day 2025 was a success: 5 structured sessions, 9 unstructured sessions and approx 60 participants on topics covering use of the ACCESS models (CM3, ESM1.5, CABLE, AM3, OM3) and GitHub Best practices, evaluating ENSO, Xarray and Dask and more! #NCRISImpact #ACCESSCommunity25 🎉
September 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We are thrilled to announce our three keynote speakers for the 🌏#ACCESSCommunity25 Workshop next week in Melbourne! We have a program full of exciting talks, lunchtime discussions training sessions and opportunities to collaborate.
👩‍🏫 Program: bit.ly/4lH8UA6
👨‍💻 Training Day program: bit.ly/4kYZG0O
September 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Happy #scienceweek! We support researchers in running models that represent different parts of our Earth: the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and land. These models use nature’s hidden language—physics—with the help of powerful supercomputers to decode and better understand Earth’s climate #NCRISImpact
August 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Woah, the hot spot across the northern Pacific is even more prominent in last month's sea surface temperature map. This is really quite striking! Though the extratropics in both hemispheres are warmer than average too.

Data from @noaa.gov OISSTv2.1 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/opt...
August 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
What does an ocean climate model sound like?

Check out this article in The Conversation.

To find out more, why not join the ACCESS Community Workshop 2025 from 8–12 September? @navidcy.bsky.social and collaborators have a 15 min plenary talk on this very topic!

🌐 Workshop info: bit.ly/4lH8UA6
August 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
3D Visualisation Project EoIs close soon!

Collaborate with ACCESS-NRI on a 3-month visualisation project. We offer technical support and expert guidance to help bring your science to life.

🌐 More info: bit.ly/3IS0ZSb
📝 Apply here: bit.ly/45da2Ex

See a past visualisation project below.
Antarctica Sea Ice Coverage 1978-2023
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August 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Which sessions are you going to?

Draft programs for the ACCESS Community Workshop and ACCESS Training Day are now available!

Check out the fantastic line-up of speakers and topics planned.

👩‍🏫 Workshop program: bit.ly/4lH8UA6
👨‍💻 Training Day program: bit.ly/4kYZG0O
🌐 More info: bit.ly/3YRL3V5
July 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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📣 Job opportunity 📣
Come work with us at Monash as a 3yr Research Fellow on ice sheet-atmosphere coupling!

You'll sit within @arcsaef.bsky.social and be part of the @access-nri.bsky.social ice sheets team, pushing frontiers in Earth System Modelling ❄️🇦🇶

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July 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Keen to work on ice sheet 🧊🏔️ model development 👩🏾‍💻🌏 with @fsmccormack.bsky.social and @access-nri.bsky.social?

Seize the opportunity!👇🏼

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July 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Wondering what ACCESS-NRI is working on and how it may benefit the ACCESS community this year?
We are thrilled to unveil our Annual Work Plan for 2025–2026!
📖Read or download: bit.ly/3IO36Gg
✍️Access the feedback from the ACCESS Community go to the ACCESS-Hive Forum: bit.ly/3Iw1ctV
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July 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Want to up your modelling game? Sign up for the ACCESS Training Day 2025!

This event is at Melbourne Connect on 9 September, during the same week as the ACCESS Community Workshop 2025.

📝 Register: bit.ly/4eERwsU
🌐 More info: bit.ly/3YRL3V5
July 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Missed out on submitting your abstract? No worries – you can still submit a poster!

The ACCESS Community Workshop 2025 is at Melbourne Connect on 8–12 September. Registrations are open and poster submissions close 20 July.

📝 Registration: bit.ly/44kYj7y
🧑‍🏫 Poster submission: bit.ly/44FzBOn
July 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM