Our Partners - Coastcare Australia
ClimateWatch
Earthwatch Australia, in partnership with the Bureau of Meteorology, the University of Melbourne and Land & Water Australia, has developed ClimateWatch to assist scientists, policy makers and land managers to gather, store and analyse the vast amount of data needed to understand climate change impacts with help from the general public.
ClimateWatch was developed in order to understand the effects that climate change is having on Australia's plants and animals.
ClimateWatch aims to create a leading online database for environmental scientists studying the effects of climate change. It will be created from data entered by you and other volunteer observers all around the country who will record their observations and then enter them into this ClimateWatch website.
By observing the timing of natural events (the study of phenology), such as the budding of flowers, falling of leaves and the appearance of migratory birds, the data you collect and record will help shape the country's scientific response to climate change.
Climate change is affecting rainfall and temperature across Australia. As a consequence, flowering times, breeding cycles and migration movements are also changing. Scientists have very little data available to understand the impacts of this.