Centre for
Water, Climate and Land
Research
CWCL has three interrelated Research Themes:
Water
- Physical and statistical/stochastic hydrological modelling
- Water resources management
- Water supply system modelling, including optimisation of long-term water resource infrastructure plans
- Water-energy-food security
Climate
- Using instrumental data, pre-instrumental (palaeo) data, and climate models to establish what is “normal” and what is “extreme"
- Quantifying and managing current and future risk of climate extremes (e.g. flood, drought, bushfire, storms, tropical cyclones, East Coast Lows etc.)
- Seasonal/interannual climate forecasting and development of climate scenarios for decades into the future
- Climate communication and adaptation, including decision making under uncertainty
- Increasing climate resilience by understanding and managing the relationships between climate and human health (both physical and mental health)
Land
- Climate-smart agriculture and land use
- Mine and disturbed landscape rehabilitation
- Sediment tracing and soil erosion modelling
- Carbon, nutrient and sediment dynamics in semi-arid catchments
- Modelling changes to land use and land cover and managing associated environmental impacts
- GIS and Remote Sensing
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.