Video

A collection of videos from our archives.

Bottle of Waria Waria oil displayed on bed of Waria Waria leaves

Essential Oils (2002)

Medicinal oil from the Waria Waria tree is providing villagers in Papua New Guinea with their only source of income.

Dead trees in salt affected landscape.

CSIRO Medals 2004 – Chairman’s Medal – Dr Peter Caccetta and the Mapping and Monitoring Team

Peter A. Caccetta and colleagues (CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences). For application of remote sensing to environmental management at a continental scale.

Graphic of tectonic plates moving

Australia’s ups and downs (1999)

Inland Australia was once a large prehistoric sea. A new computer modeling technique shows how the sea disappeared.

Graphic of climate model

CSIRO Medals 2002 – Lifetime Achievement – Barrie Hunt

Barrie Hunt (CSIRO Atmospheric Research). For his significant contributions to atmospheric science and the CSIRO Climate Model.

George Harley seated at desk with building plans

CSIRO Medals 2004 – Lifetime Achievement – George Harley

George Harley (Corporate Property). Over the past 19 years he has led the multi-disciplinary Corporate Property team to rationalise, consolidate […]

Waveforms on computer monitor

Music Match (2002)

Ever wanted to search for music by genre? Well maths is making it possible.

Graphic of polymer membrane being used for desalination.

Novel Polymer Membrane Mimics Nature (2007)

Fantastic plastic – new plastic membrane that mimics pores found in plants and has applications in water, energy and climate […]

Published report of the Port Phillip Bay Environmental Study Team.

CSIRO Medals 1996 – Chairman’s Medal – Prof Graham Harris and the Port Phillip Bay Environmental Study Team

Graham Harris and colleagues (CSIRO Project Office, CSIRO Coal and Energy Technology; Mathematics and Statistics; Oceanography; Fisheries). For their work on the $12M four-year Port Phillip Bay environmental study resulting in a model of the Bay system.

Water monitoring equipment being lowered over the side of research boat.

Marine incident response: What we do in an oil spill (2014)

We provide science-based advice and technology for mitigating, managing and monitoring oil spills.