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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The newsletter shares several highlights: 🎬 New explainer animation titled “What are climate models?” 🧊 Release of an ice-sheet modelling workflow, ACCESS-ISSM 🧑‍🏫 Overview of our first two ACCESS Community Workshops 🌊 Summary of new research on Antarctic Bottom Water by @polinasea.bsky.social

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We released the September issue of ACCESStory last week! Read it here: bit.ly/ACCESStory20... Subscribe: bit.ly/ACCESStory-S...

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ACCESStory Issue 23: September 2026

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What are climate models, and who is behind the models that inform Australia's understanding of its own weather and climate? As #NationalScienceWeek draws to a close, we are launching a new animation that explains what climate models are and why we can't navigate a changing climate without them.

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Day 1 of the ACCESS Community Workshop: Connecting Machine Learning to Earth System Science 2026! We welcomed more than 110 participants to a program full of talks, group discussions and training, all in typically rainy Melbourne weather! More: bit.ly/3U4Tn4g #ACCESSML2ESS26

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

📢Our PhD Internship Program is now open to PhD students from the The Australian National University, UNSW, the @University of Tasmania, Monash University and the University of Melbourne. ℹ️ More information and to apply: lnkd.in/g8FEW2qT 📆 Applications close 11 September 2026 5 pm (AEST)

Three people discussing coding over a laptop and the ACCESS-NRI tagline: Australia's climate simulator.

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

ACCESS-NRI and CSIRO have released two new configurations of the ACCESS-OM2 and ACCESS-OM3 ocean models, featuring WOMBATlite, an ocean carbon cycle model built to help researchers understand how carbon moves through the ocean, one of the planet's most important carbon sponges. More: bit.ly/4fI1hHJ

A visualisation created using WOMBATlite in ACCESS-OM3 showing chlorophyll depth bateen Australia and South America. It also shows the ACCESS-NRI icon and WOMBAT icon with a quote from Pearse Buchannan

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🔎 Find out what we’re up to in our 2026–27 Work Plan 💬 Read our conversation with Felicity Chun from ACCESS-NRI’s MED team 👩‍🏫 Learn about the aerosol modelling community's recent workshop 🎓 Appreciate the latest ACCESS research, including ecological marine modelling in Antarctica #NCRISimpact

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We just released the July issue of our e-newsletter, ACCESStory! Current issue: bit.ly/ACCESStory-J... Subscribe: bit.ly/ACCESStory-S... 🌊 Meet WOMBATlite: the fresh release for the ACCESS-OM ocean model 📄 Apply for the next round of ACCESS-NRI PhD Internships

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ACCESStory Issue 22: July 2026

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Our recent explainer video shows how different tropical Pacific warming patterns could shape Australia’s future climate, from droughts to floods. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UTd... 📖 www.access-nri.org.au/case-study/v... #OceanWarming #ClimateModelling #NCRISimpact

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🌊 With ocean temperatures breaking records, climate modelling has never been more important. Average ocean temperatures only tell part of the story — the pattern of future warming matters too.

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Uncharted Climate Futures: Visualising Pacific warming trends

YouTube video by Australia's climate simulator ACCESS-NRI

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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 11/05/2026

How is acoustic data helping #biodiversity #conservation? Prof Paul Roe shares @openecoacoustics.bsky.social + how NCRIS-funded ARDC, @atlasoflivingaus.bsky.social & @tern-aus.bsky.social are supporting better monitoring & decision-making for #conservation. #NCRISImpact #NCRIS20

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Wondering what ACCESS-NRI is working on and how it may benefit the ACCESS community this year? We are pleased to release our Annual Work Plan for 2026–2027! 📙Read or download: bit.ly/4oVekK8 #NCRISImpact #ACCESSImpact

Visualisation of Antarctica and the words Work Plan 2026-2027 with the ACCESS-NRI TAGLINE, Australia's climate simulator.

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This video is a visual collaboration between the NESP Climate Systems Hub, the Bureau of Meteorology and @access-nri.bsky.social. #NCRISImpact

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Why do climate models and observations show different warming patterns in the tropical Pacific over recent decades, and what does this mean for Australia? This video explains why answering this question is critical, so we don't enter unprepared into uncharted futures. 📽️Watch: youtu.be/5UTdCmsnki4

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Uncharted Climate Futures: Visualising Pacific warming trends

YouTube video by Australia's climate simulator ACCESS-NRI

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

ACCESS-NRI are proud to be part of a network of NCRIS-funded National Research Infrastructures that work together to support researchers. This video provides just one example of that collaboration for ocean research.

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Abstract submissions for our 2026 ACCESS Community Workshop on Land and Coupled Modelling are closing soon! 🌏Where: Melbourne 📅 When: 31 August- 2 September 2026 ✍ Submit your abstract by 5 June 2026: bit.ly/4thJ7S6 ℹ️More information: bit.ly/4efUPs6

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Registrations are now open for the 2026 "ACCESS Community Workshop Connecting Machine Learning to Earth System Science". 🌏Where: Melbourne 📅 When: 19-21 August 2026 ✍ Registration are now open! Register here: lnkd.in/gjNNcAMi 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ Propose training or group discussion sessions: bit.ly/4tEb6fV

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

An open letter from the ACCESS-NRI Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) to federal ministers about the impacts of CSIRO job cuts on Australia's modelling capability, noting that "these job cuts will significantly degrade this capability, and impair our capacity to produce new climate projections."

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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 05/05/2026

📣Have your say: ARDC Annual Survey now open! Help improve the services we deliver to the Australian research community. Start the 5 min survey now: bit.ly/2026-ardc-su...

Card reading "A R D C Survey 2026 - Tell Us What You Think - Take the survey" against a photo of attendees at an A R D C event happily stretching

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Join us for the "ACCESS Workshop Connecting Machine Learning to Earth System Science" from the 19-21 August in Melbourne, an unique opportunity to build a common knowledge base between the Machine Learning (ML) and Earth system physics communities. ✍ Abstract submissions are open: bit.ly/42xJBZf

An image of a supercomputer and in front one of two researchers talking. This also includes the title of the Conference and the date and time, as well as an image of an Earth system simulation

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National Computational Infrastructure @nci-australia.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🌏 Advancing climate science takes collaboration. Australia’s Earth system model ACCESS-ESM1.6 contributes to international climate modelling informing future IPCC assessments. Led by @csiropublishing.bsky.social and @access-nri.bsky.social, the model runs on Gadi. 🔗: nci.org.au/news-events/...

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

📸 In order, photo collages are from the 2025 ACCESS Community Workshop days 1 and 2, and the ACCESS Training Day. All photo credits: Harshula Jayasuriya

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Photos from the 2025 ACCESS Community Workshop are now on the ACCESS-Hive Forum: bit.ly/4t0i2Dl Thanks to Harshula Jayasuriya for the fantastic photography, to everyone who made the event happen behind the scenes, and to the ACCESS community for their participation.

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The March ACCESStory is now available! Highlights include: - PhD Internship Program applications open - In conversation with Mike Tetley - Reflections on #AMOS2026 conference - Release of ACCESS Community Datapool - CMIP7 production simulations underway Read it here: bit.ly/ACCESStoryMa...

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ACCESStory Issue 19: March 2026

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Thanks to the @anuagrifood.bsky.social for inviting us to share how ACCESS-NRI fits into the ANU infrastructure landscape, our close collaboration with @nci-australia.bsky.social and for giving us the opportunity to meet industry representatives and tour other ANU infrastructure facilities!

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

ACCESS-NRI is commencing its planning cycle to develop our next Annual Work Plan (FY2026-27). The online form for early input is now open and closes on 16 March, 2026: ✍ bit.ly/4b6I8OV 💡We encourage community members to share their ideas, priorities and suggestions! More information: bit.ly/3NtpF61

Image of ACCESS Community members participating in our annual and the words: We need your input for our 2026-2027 Work Plan!

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

We had a fantastic week at #AMOS2026. As in previous years, it was wonderful to attend the many talks that use ACCESS models, data and tools in their research and the many discussions highlighting the value and importance of national research infrastructure for climate researchers #NCRISImpact

Photos from ACCESS-NRI research software engineers presenting and facilitating workshops at AMOS 2026

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Our key data initiatives include: - improving ACCESS output data specification - an interactive ACCESS-NRI Intake catalogue - community storage allocations on NCI's Gadi supercomputer. All of these assist users in streamlining their research workflows.

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

How does ACCESS-NRI promote good data management? At #AMOS2026, our data specialist Dr Joshua Torrance outlined how ACCESS-NRI is improving the FAIRness (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) of data in the ACCESS ecosystem.

Dr Joshua Torrance speaks into a microphone beside a slide titled "Data Management on Gadi".

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

#AMOS2026 has started at Nipaluna (Hobart) and the ACCESS-NRI team is participating with presentations, workshops and posters! If you are in Hobart, visit our booth and win a pin, tote bag or T-shirt by giving us feedback about our infrastructure! 🏅

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Our first ACCESStory newsletter for 2026 is live! Discover: 🤝 ‘Collaboration Infrastructure' article about ACCESS-ESM1.6 👩‍💻 In conversation with Rachel Law from CSIRO 💬 Work Plan feedback opportunity 🌏 ACCESS-OM2 and ACCESS-rAM3 releases 📰 Community article summaries Read it here: bit.ly/4au9zRb

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ACCESStory Issue 18: February 2026

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National Computational Infrastructure @nci-australia.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🌏 Big news for Aussie climate research! @access-nri.bsky.social 's ACCESS-rAM3 now runs on NCI supercomputers, giving scientists & students fast local insights into extreme weather, water security & climate impacts—no massive downloads needed! Read more : nci.org.au/research/cas...

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National Computational Infrastructure @nci-australia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

✨💻 We loved welcoming NYSF students to NCI to showcase how Australia’s national research infrastructure enables impactful science 🧬🧑‍🔬 Brilliant talks from NCI, @phenomicsaustralia.org.au & @access-nri.bsky.social, plus a tour of NCI data hall and ACCESS-NRI’s ocean simulator 🌊

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Event contributors included @nci-australia.bsky.social, ACCESS-NRI, @phenomicsaustralia.org.au, and the ANU Climate & Fluid Physics Laboratory at the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences. It's great to have strong collaboration between NCRIS facilities for outreach. #NCRISImpact

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Thanks to Kial Stewart for a fantastic tour of the Climate & Fluids Laboratory that highlighted climate science research in an engaging, interactive way! And thank you to the @nci-australia.bsky.social for organising the event and running a tour of the Gadi supercomputer.

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

ACCESS-NRI staff Paige Martin and @penguianista.bsky.social provided thoughtful insights into their ‘squiggly’ careers that transitioned from science and mathematics academia to research software engineering. 📈

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

What does a career at the interface of software engineering 👩‍💻, climate science 🌏, and high-performance computing 💽 look like? Students from the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) found out at a recent collaborative event.

Collage of three separate photos. In the top photo, Paige Martin points at a PowerPoint slide showing her career path. In the bottom left photo, Kial Steward is demonstrating a fluids experiment in front of six students. In the bottom right photo, Paul Leopardi is presenting about his career to a group of more than ten students.

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

How well do climate models represent aerosols in the Southern Ocean? ☁️ 🌊 We spoke with Dr Sonya Fiddes from the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (@antarctic.bsky.social) about her recent paper published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 🔗 Read our interview here: bit.ly/FiddesAerosols

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Publication: Evaluating aerosols in the Southern Ocean - ACCESS-NRI

We spoke with Dr Sonya Fiddes about her paper that explores the interaction between marine aerosols, clouds and radiation using ACCESS-AM2.

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Thrilled to share our 2024-2025 Highlights Report! Check out our achievements in engagement, training, model development, model release & more. Huge thanks to the ACCESS community and our amazing team! 📑 Read more or download: zenodo.org/records/1762... #ACCESSHighlights25 #NCRISImpact

Photo of the ACCESS Community members with the Shine Dome behind, taken during our 2024 ACCESS Community Workshop.

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The CMIP7 submissions are led by CSIRO with support from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program NESP Climate Systems Hub, along with ACCESS-NRI and @nci-australia.bsky.social both funded through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

📢Big news for climate science in Australia! 🌏 This week, Australia’s latest climate model, ACCESS-ESM1.6, is ready to enter the global stage through the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP7), which will inform the next IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social report. #NCRISImpact 📖Read more: bit.ly/497IQu5

Background showing a simulation of Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) using the ACCESS-ESM model and a simulation of the Earth with Australian at the centre with the words: Autralia's climate future: ACCESS new model goes global

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🌏 Behind every COP summit is a massive global climate modeling effort that compares Earth system models around the world: #CMIP7. Read this article by @andyhogg.bsky.social and Tilo Ziehn about how Australia is participating to help predict our planet's future. 🔗 theconversation.com/behind-every...

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Behind every COP is a global data project that predicts Earth’s future. Here’s how it works

The project collects troves of data from the best climate models around the world – and the newest update to it is now underway.

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Thank you to other ACCESS-NRI staff: Justin Kin Jun Hew, Tommy Gatti, Jasmeen Kaur, Paul Leopardi and Romain Boucher for your presentations and contributions!

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

- @andyhogg.bsky.social participated in a panel alongside @modeltheearth.bsky.social from @auscope.bsky.social, talking about the importance of supercomputing for Australasia 💻

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ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator @access-nri.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

- Kelsey Druken presented with Lesley Wyborn from @ardc.edu.au for a BoF session on preserving raw data for future science 💾 - Harshula Jayasuriya and Aidan Heerdegen collaborated with Emily Kahl from @pawseycentre.bsky.social for a BoF session on using Spack for building software environments 🏗️

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