Australian experts are calling for the higher education sector to prepare for the knock-on effects of climate change on their research.
A collaborative study between The University of Queensland and RMIT found extreme climate change weather events such as bushfires, hailstorms and floods impacted on research production.
UQ scientist and Director of Science at The Wildlife Conservation Society Professor James Watson said climate change was an escalating threat to research-intensive universities.
“Researchers are going to have to adapt their work to our changing climate,” Professor Watson said.
“It will inevitably affect the physical assets needed for research such as buildings and equipment, research processes and practices, and the human groups and organisms studied.
“Our institutions need to start putting together climate risk plans that address the issue.”
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