Institute for Environmental Research
ANSTO’s Institute for Environmental Research is a centre of excellence in the southern hemisphere in understanding how environmental systems function and interact, and the impact that humans are having on the environment.
Water sampling on the Gregory River in
Queensland, Australia.
Humanity's ability to understand, mitigate and adapt to climate change requires robust measurements and objective analysis. At ANSTO, nuclear and isotopic techniques are used to study how environmental systems function and interact, and to understand the role of natural variability and human impacts on water, air and Earth systems.
ANSTO has some of the best instruments in the world to do this kind of work. These instruments are capable of showing us what the Earth was like millions of years ago, helping us to model and predict future climate change.
The Institute’s research is discovery directed and focused on addressing major environmental issues such as climate change, water resource sustainability, air pollution, human impact on Earth systems and waste in the environment.
