Cooling and Shading

The RRAP Cooling and Shading R&D Subprogram aims to investigate technologies to prevent or reduce bleaching stress on coral reefs by reducing the amount of solar radiation reaching the Reef.

This includes the concepts of creating shade through clouds, mist, fog or surface films to reduce solar radiation during high-risk periods for coral bleaching.

The interventions being investigated range from the scale of an individual reef to protecting the entire Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Cooling and shading interventions aim to maintain existing biodiversity, cultural values, and ecosystem services, rather than supplementing or replacing them.

Providing they can be successfully deployed at large scales, cooling and shading interventions have amongst the highest potential of the interventions being examined by RRAP. At smaller scales, targeted cooling and shading may protect high-value sites.

Modelling has shown cooling and shading interventions to be strongly synergistic with other novel interventions being investigated by RRAP as well as with traditional management techniques such as crown-of-thorns starfish control.

Despite their promise, these interventions are as-yet unproven and technically challenging to develop. 

This subprogram prioritises rapid technology development and field testing to determine the technical feasibility. In parallel, a large effort will be devoted to atmospheric sampling, monitoring and modelling to inform assessment of efficacy and risk.

Cooling and shading techniques represent a deliberate attempt to temporarily alter the environment of coral reef ecosystems to relieve stress. While eco-engineering approaches are commonly used in land conservation, their application for marine conservation, as well as the proposed large spatial scales have scarce precedent. Accordingly, engagement with Traditional Owners, stakeholders and the public, along with robust governance, are as critical to achieving successful implementation as the technical and engineering development.

Field trial of cloud brightening

Field trial of cloud brightening. Photo courtesy of Southern Cross University

Scope and expected outcomes

The Cooling and Shading R&D Subprogram aims to progress both categories of cooling and shading interventions in parallel:

  • those that can potentially be deployed at large scale, hundreds of square kilometres up to the entire Great Barrier Reef
  • those that are likely only achievable at smaller scale, such as an individual reef or tens of square kilometres.

Cooling and shading interventions represents a temporary disturbance of the dynamic physical environment. Efficacy and risk are therefore dependent on the prevailing conditions at the location and future time of implementation. 

Modelling (across multiple scales, resolutions, domains and approaches) will be required to estimate efficacy, design and interpret field experiments, optimise deployment strategies, and quantifying risk. 

This subprogram also aims to address the significant knowledge gaps in atmospheric and meteorological conditions over the Reef, with an early foundational science component in the atmospheric survey, atmospheric monitoring and modelling projects.

It includes identification and scientific investigation of risks of unintended impacts and will closely integrate with an independent effort (facilitated by the Eco-RRAP Subprogram) to enable their quantification and assessment.  

Funding of development pathways for individual intervention methods is stage-gated in anticipation that not all technologies will prove viable. The timeline for reef scale interventions aims for technology transfer to industry commencing from Year Four, and for regional-scale interventions, from Year Eight to 10.

Testing surface films in the National Sea Simulator, AIMS

Field trial of cloud brightening

Current projects

Great Barrier Reef Atmospheric Survey

This project is focused on understanding the atmosphere and cloud physics over the Great Barrier Reef.  The project collects and analyses highly detailed information over a specific area of the reef, characterising the interaction of meteorological, aerosol, and cloud microphysical processes that influence the radiative transfer of energy from sun to surface waters and corals.

Atmospheric and Meteorological Monitoring

This project extends the atmospheric survey in space and time, providing data for northern, central and southern regions of the Great Barrier Reef and across seasons, creating a data set that will inform GBR-wide assessment of atmospheric conditions.

Environmental Modelling

The objective of this project is to develop, calibrate, and verify the models required to underpin design, proof of concept, field testing and permitting activities for cooling and shading interventions.

Sub-program Management

This project provides leadership, program management, sub-contractor management and field support services across the Cooling and Shading Subprogram. The management team will also foster collaboration, innovation and integration among projects, partners and stakeholders.

Systems Engineering

This cross-cutting project will develop engineering systems necessary to deliver the cooling and shading interventions, as well as review and update the ongoing engineering feasibility of each intervention.

Fogging Development

This project will progress fogging technology and undertake on-reef proof of concept experiments to demonstrate a seawater fogging system aimed at localised cooling and shading of reef environments.

Cloud and Sky Brightening Development

This project progresses cloud and sky brightening technology to on-reef proof on concept experiments, demonstrating sea salt aerosol cloud condensation nuclei generating technology at scale.

Publications and Resources:

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Baird, M. E., Green, R., Lowe, R., Mongin, M., & Bougeot, E. (2020a). Optimising cool-water injections to reduce thermal stress on coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. PLoS ONE, 15, e0239978. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239978

Baird, M. E., Wild-Allen, K. A., Parslow, J., Mongin, M., Robson, B., Skerratt, J., Rizwi, F., Soja-Woźniak, M., Jones, E., Herzfeld, M., Margvelashvili, N., Andrewartha, J., Langlais, C., Adams, M. P., Cherukuru, N., Gustafsson, M., Hadley, S., Ralph, P. J., Rosebrock, U., … Steven, A. D. L. (2020). CSIRO Environmental Modelling Suite (EMS): Scientific description of the optical and biogeochemical models (vB3p0). Geoscientific Model Development, 13, 4503–4553. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4503-2020

Condie, S. A., Anthony, K. R. N., Babcock, R. C., Baird, M. E., Beeden, R., Fletcher, C. S., Gorton, R., Harrison, D., Hobday, A. J., Plagányi, É. E., & Westcott, D. A. (2021). Large-scale interventions may delay decline of the Great Barrier Reef. Royal Society Open Science, 8, 201296. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201296

Tagliafico, A., Baker, P., Kelaher, B., Ellis, S., & Harrison, D. (2022). The effects of shade and light on corals in the context of coral bleaching and shading technologies. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.919382

Butcherine, P., Tagliafico, A., Ellis, S. L., Kelaher, B. P., Hendrickson, C., & Harrison, D. (2023). Intermittent shading can moderate coral bleaching on shallow reefs. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1162896

Eckert, C., Monteforte, K. I., Harrison, D. P., & Kelaher, B. P. (2023). Exploring meteorological conditions and microscale temperature inversions above the Great Barrier Reef through drone-based measurements. Drones, 7, 695. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7120695

Hernandez-Jaramillo, D. C., Harrison, L., Kelaher, B., Ristovski, Z., & Harrison, D. P. (2023). Evaporative cooling does not prevent vertical dispersion of effervescent seawater aerosol for brightening clouds. Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 20559–20570. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c04793

Eckert, C., Hernandez-Jaramillo, D. C., Medcraft, C., Harrison, D. P., & Kelaher, B. P. (2024). Drone-based measurement of the size distribution and concentration of marine aerosols above the Great Barrier Reef. Drones, 8, 292. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8070292

Ellis, S. L., Butcherine, P., Tagliafico, A., Hendrickson, C., Kelaher, B. P., Schulz, K. G., & Harrison, D. P. (2024). Shading responses are species-specific in thermally stressed corals. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1333806

Hendrickson, C., Butcherine, P., Tagliafico, A., Ellis, S. L., Harrison, D. P., & Kelaher, B. P. (2024). Combining shading and lipid-enriched diets as an adaption tool to reduce coral bleaching. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 572, 151988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2024.151988

Hernandez-Jaramillo, D. C., Medcraft, C., Braga, R. C., Butcherine, P., Doss, A., Kelaher, B., Rosenfeld, D., & Harrison, D. P. (2024). New airborne research facility observes sensitivity of cumulus cloud microphysical properties to aerosol regime over the Great Barrier Reef. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EA00009A

Richards, L. S., Siems, S. T., Huang, Y., Zhao, W., Harrison, D. P., Manton, M. J., & Reeder, M. J. (2024). The meteorological drivers of mass coral bleaching on the central Great Barrier Reef during the 2022 La Niña. Scientific Reports, 14, 23867. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74181-2

Ryan, R. G., Eckert, C., Kelaher, B. P., Harrison, D. P., & Schofield, R. (2024). Boundary layer height above the Great Barrier Reef studied using drone and Mini-Micropulse LiDAR measurements. Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 74. https://doi.org/10.1071/ES24008

Scofield, J. M. P., Prime, E. L., Flores, F., Severati, A., Mongin, M., Bougeot, E., Baird, M. E., Negri, A. P., & Qiao, G. G. (2024). The development of a floating mono-particle “Sun Shield” to protect corals from high irradiance during bleaching conditions. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12, 1809. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12101809

Harrison DP (2024) An Overview of Environmental Engineering Methods for Reducing Coral Bleaching Stress. In: Wolanski E, Kingsford M (eds) Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs. CRC Press, pp484

Foster, R., Shumway, N., Harrison, D., & Fidelman, P. (2025). Governing marine cloud brightening for ecosystem conservation under a warming climate. Earth System Governance, 23, 100240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2025.100240

Baresi, U., Baum, C. M., Fischer, T. B., Lockie, S., Piggott-McKellar, A., Graham, V., Bohensky, E., Fritz, L. B., Shumway, N., Harrison, D. P., Foster, R., Sovacool, B. K., Vella, K., & Ristovski, Z. (2025). A call for strategic assessments of regional applications of solar radiation management: Exploring the challenges and opportunities from marine cloud brightening and albedo surface modification. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 110, 107701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107701

Braga, R. C., Rosenfeld, D., Hernandez, D., Medcraft, C., Efraim, A., Moser, M., Lucke, J., Doss, A., & Harrison, D. (2025). Cloud processing dominates the vertical profiles of aerosols in marine air masses over the Great Barrier Reef. Atmospheric Research, 107928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.107928

Deschaseaux, E. S. M., Dunne, E., Schulz, K. G., Eyre, B. D., & Harrison, D. P. (2025). The Central Great Barrier Reef as a net source of climatically relevant biogenic volatile organic compounds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130, e2024JC021192. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021192

Hernandez-Jaramillo, D. C., Kelaher, B., & Harrison, D. P. (2025a). A review of plume dispersion and measurement techniques applicable to marine cloud brightening. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1450175

Hernandez-Jaramillo, D. C., Harrison, L., Gunner, G., McGrath, A., Junkermann, W., Lieff, W., Hacker, J., Rosenfeld, D., Kelaher, B., & Harrison, D. P. (2025). First generation outdoor marine cloud brightening trial increases aerosol concentration at cloud base height. Environmental Research Letters, 20, 054065. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adccd7

Virah-Sawmy, D., Beck, F. J., & Sturmberg, B. (2025). The synergy between battery and hydrogen storage in stand-alone hybrid systems: A parameterised load approach. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 141, 266–282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.05.324

Ellis, S. L., Baird, M. E., Harrison, L. P., Schulz, K. G., & Harrison, D. P. (2025). A photophysiological model of coral bleaching under light and temperature stress: Experimental assessment. Conservation Physiology, 13. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaf020

Harrison, L. P., Medcraft, C., & Harrison, D. P. (2025). Effervescent nozzle design to enable outdoor marine cloud brightening experimentation. Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 5, 1071–1080. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EA00073D

Ryan, R. G., Toms-Hardman, L., Smirnov, A., Harrison, D. P., & Schofield, R. (2025). Aerosol vertical profiling over the Southern Great Barrier Reef using lidar and MAX-DOAS measurements. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 11183–11197. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-11183-2025

Horchler, E. J., Alroe, J., Harrison, L., Cravigan, L., Harrison, D. P., & Ristovski, Z. D. (2025). Measurement report: Aerosol and cloud nuclei properties along the Central and Northern Great Barrier Reef — impact of continental emissions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 10075–10087. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-10075-2025

Yu, J., et al (2025). A coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian approach with explicit volume diffusion subgrid modeling in turbulent jet breakup and spray dispersion. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 24, Article 100350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaecs.2025.100350

Khan, S. B., Alroe, J., Medcraft, C., Sauret, E., Harrison, D., & Ristovski, Z. (2025). Secondary droplet breakup of impaction-pin nozzle: Comparison between experimental and CFD-DPM modelling. Journal of Aerosol Science, 190, Article 106664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2025.106664

Wu, L., Horchler, E. J., Ristovski, Z., Liu, J., Yu, F., Han, S., Zhao, W., Richards, L., Harrison, D., Zheng, J., & Miljevic, B. (2025). Ammonia emissions from an avian-rich island in the Great Barrier Reef: Environmental drivers and observational insights. Atmospheric Environment, 361, Article 121525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2025.121525

Medcraft, C., et al. (2025). Flash atomisation of saltwater through convergent-divergent nozzles: Implications for marine cloud brightening. Journal of Aerosol Science, 191, Article 106677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2025.106677

Li, Z., Harrison, L., Alroe, J., Scoble, H., Chen, C., Medcraft, C., Holloway, C., Brown, R., Baker, P., Harrison, D. P., & Ristovski, Z. (2025). Characterizing the crosswind structure of artificial seawater droplet plumes during a sea trial on the Great Barrier Reef. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(50), 27222–27229. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c10024 

Virah-Sawmy, D., Beck, F. J., & Sturmberg, B. (2025). Uncertainty ahead: Should stand-alone energy systems bet on hydrogen backup? Energy Reports, 14, 3481–3494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2025.10.026

Ryan, R.G., Harrison, D.P., Johansson, L. et al. Ship fuel sulfur content regulations may exacerbate mass coral bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef. Commun Earth Environ 7, 46 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-03088-1 

Haskell, J.B., Deschaseaux, E.S.M., Dunne, E., Swan, H.B., Harrison, D.P. and Eyre, B.D. (2026), A closed-loop system for the semi-continuous measurement of biogenic volatile organic compounds from marine organisms. Limnol Oceanogr Methods e70028. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.70028

Eckert C, Monteforte KI, Medcraft C, Doss A, Harrison DP, Kelaher BP. Drone-Based Measurements of Marine Aerosol Size Distributions and Source–Receptor Relationships over a Great Barrier Reef Lagoon. Remote Sensing. 2026; 18(2):251. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs18020251

Eckert, C., Tong, F., Harrison, D. P., & Kelaher, B. P. (2026). Quantifying drone propeller-induced flow for optimal aerosol sensor placement. Physics of Fluids, 38(1), Article 015179. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0310240

Richards, L. S., Siems, S. T., Huang, Y., Harrison, D. P., & Zhao, W. (2026). Trade wind regimes during the Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching season. Weather and Climate Dynamics, 7(1), 109–127. https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-109-2026

Hendrickson, C. A., Butcherine, P., & Ellis, S. L. (2026). Experimental evaluation of marine fogging as a coral bleaching intervention method. Marine Environmental Research, 217, 107943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2026.107943

Hendrickson, C., Kyle, J. S., Butcherine, P., Harrison, D., & Kelaher, B. P. (2026). Seawater fogging reduces mortality and bleaching in two coral species during a heatwave and subsequent recovery. Frontiers in Marine Science, 13, Article 1793318.

Technical and Synthesis Reports

Harrison, D., Ristovski, Z., Ryan, R., Zhao, W., Sulo, J., Horchler, J., Huang, Y., Schofield, R., Deschaseaux, E., Harrison, L., Holloway, C., Braga, R., Rosenfeld, D., and Siems, S. (2025) Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program – GBR Atmospheric Survey (CS-01) Final Report 2025. (33 pp).

Harrison, D. P., Huang, Y., Woodhouse, M., Schofield, R., Chavez, S., Jackson, R., Ryan, R., Zhao, W., Harrison, L., Braga, R., and Holloway, C. (2025) Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program – Environmental Modelling (CS-03) Final Report 2025. (56 pp).

Harrison, D.P., and Holloway, C. (2025) Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program – Cooling and Shading Sub-program Management (CS-04) Final Report 2025. (56 pp).

Harrison, D. P., Ristovski, Z., Rosenfeld, D., Holloway, C., Cleary, M., Kourmatzis, A., Harrison, L., Braga, R. C., Medcraft, C., Hernandez-Jaramillo, D. C., Efraim, A., Chen, C., Sturmberg, B., Virah-Sawmy, D., Yu, J., Harper-Harris, J., Galindo Lopez, S., Li, Z., Hunt, H., Fitzgerald, S., McGrath, D., and Reardon, E. (2025) Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program –Cloud and Sky Brightening Development (CS-06) Final Report 2025. (56 pp).

Harrison D. P., Ristovski, Z., Butcherine, P., Harrison, L., Ellis, S., Alroe, J., Li, Z., Chen, C., Hendrickson, C., Kelaher, B. and Holloway, C. (2025) Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program – Fogging Development (CS-07) Final Report 2025. (59 pp).

Conferences

TitleConferenceDate

Can a mechanistic ROS-based model predict bleaching stress in a coral tank experimentAustralian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) Conference, Cairns, Australia2022
Characterisation and dispersion of particle emissions for Marine Cloud Brightening over the Great Barrier ReefAustralian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) Conference, Cairns, Australia2022
Development of technology required for field testing of marine cloud brightening on the Great Barrier Reef58th annual Australian Marine Science Association Conference2022
Reducing coral heat and light stress through marine cloud brighteningAustralian Coral Reef Society (ACRS) Conference, Brisbane, Australia2022
Saltwater Fog Generation Demonstrates Potential as a Coral Bleaching InterventionAustralian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) Conference, Cairns, Australia2022
Airborne measurements of marine cloud brightening sea-salt concentrationsInternational Conference Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Brisbane, Australia2023
An Australian airbourne platform for atmospheric scienceInternational Conference Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Brisbane, Australia2023
An overview of recent field campaign results from the Australian Marine CloudBrightening ProgramInternational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Berlin, Germany2023
Cloud parcel model simulations for RRAP Marine Cloud Brightening projectInternational Conference Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA) 20232023
Estimating the portion of Marine Cloud Brightening sea -salt aerosols that activate when incorporated into low-lying marine clouds: preliminary results.International Conference Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Brisbane, Australia2023
Estimating the portion of Marine Cloud Brightening sea-salt aerosols that activatewhen incorporated into low-lying marine clouds: preliminary resultsInternational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Berlin, Germany2023
Experimental Investigation into the Suitability of Superheated Atomisation as a Candidate for Marine Cloud BrighteningGordon Research Conference2023
High-resolution fluxes of climatically-relevant biogenic volatile organic compounds from the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Palma de Mallorca, Spain2023
Investigating the role of sea salt particles generated by effervescent atomization technique on low-level clouds formation and microphysical propertiesInternational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Berlin, Germany2023
Marine cloud brightening, could it mitigate coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef?EGU General Assembly 20232023
Microphysical response of cloud microstructure to modification by sea spray at the Great BarrierReef: Preliminary resultsInternational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Berlin, Germany2023
Overview of the Australian marine cloud brightening program International Conference Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Brisbane, Australia2023
Renewable energy on the Great Barrier ReefAustralian National University (ANU) 3-minute thesis2023
Seawater Aerosol Fogging to mitigate coral bleaching: design and developmentInternational Conference Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Brisbane, Australia2023
Simulating aerosols sea-spray injection over the Great Barrier Reef International Conference Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Brisbane, Australia2023
Size distributions of sea salt aerosols for marine cloud brightening over the Great Barrier ReefInternational Conference Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Brisbane, Australia2023
Size distributions of sea salt aerosols for marine cloud brightening over the Great Barrier ReefInternational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Berlin, Germany2023
The Generation of Sprays for Marine Cloud BrighteningInterdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability2023
Vertical and spatial distribution of aerosols over the Southern Great Barrier Reef International Conference Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Brisbane, Australia2023
Ammoni a and Amine measurements on Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef AustraliaThe European Aerosol Conference, Tampere, Finland2024
Characterizing fogging plume crosswind structure during the Shading Trial on the Great Barrier ReefThe European Aerosol Conference, Tampere, Finland2024
Coral heat stress experiment and predictive modelling: An assessment of bleaching outcomesAustralian Coral Reef Society (ACRS) Conference, Perth, Australia2024
Coral heat stress experiment and predictive modelling: An assessment of bleaching outcomesAustralian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) Conference, Hobart, Australia2024
Coral shading through saltwater fogging: Contrasting modelled plumes against recent in situ observationsReef Resilience Symposium, Cairns, Australia2024
Engineering the Future: Pioneering Marine Cloud Brightening Atomizer System – Concept to Regional Deployment for cooling and shading the reefsReef Resilience Symposium, Cairns, Australia2024
First Field Experiment of Marine Cloud Brightening Proves and Expands the ConceptAmerican Meteorological Society: 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore2024
High resolution modelling of Marine Cloud Brightening’s spatial and temporal effectivenessReef Futures2024
Keynote: Cooling and shading the Great Barrier ReefReef Resilience Symposium, Cairns, Australia2024
Potential applications for the combination of Bathymetric LiDAR and Hyperspectral Imagery in mapping Marine Cloud Brightening/Fogging Plumes in coral reef systemsReef Resilience Symposium, Cairns, Australia2024
Recent progress in the physical investigation of Marine Cloud BrighteningSurface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Open Science Conference, Goa, India2024
Advances in sub micron aerosol generation by superheated atomisation for marine cloud brightening22nd International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Vienna, Austria2025
Coral reef influence on aerosol loading over the Great Barrier Reef25th International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Vienna, Austria2025
Electrospraying highly conductive saline solutions for the purpose of marine cloud brightening23rd International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Vienna, Austria2025
Estimating Shading from Artificial Seawater Droplet Plume on the Great Barrier Reef26th International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Vienna, Austria2025
Experimental developments towards construction of a sprayer for marine cloud brightening field trialsDegrees Global Forum2025
Preliminary aerosol characterization of saline Rayleigh jets for the purpose of marine cloud brightening24th International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA), Vienna, Austria2025
Quantifying the Impact of Variable Fuel Cell Efficiency in a Hybrid Energy System: A Case Study on the Great Barrier ReefIEEE PES ISGT (Innovative Smart Grid Technologies) Europe, Valletta, Malta2025
The impact of ship sulfate emission regulations on solar radiation and coral bleaching severity at the Great Barrier Reef2025 Atmospheric Composition & Chemistry Observations and Modelling Conference 2025
The role of Rossby wave breaking in coral bleaching on the Great Barrier ReefEuropean Geosciences Union (EGU)2025
Lessons on the Technical Viability of Marine Cloud Brightening from the Australian Research Program2026 Gordon Research Conference on Climate Engineering2026
Modelling Marine Cloud Brightening’s potential spatial and temporal effectiveness32nd Conference of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society2026

Subprogram lead:

Southern Cross University

Subprogram team:

Zoran Ristovski

Ceylena Holloway

Brendan Kelaher, SCU

Peter Wilson, SCU

Bradley Eyre, SCU

Mark Baird, CSIRO

Matthew Woodhouse, CSIRO

Daniel Rosenfeld, HUJ

Matthew Cleary, USYD

Ian Jones, USYD / SIMS

Robyn Schofield, UMELB

Peter Marshall

Yi Huang, UMELB

Stephen Siems, Monash

Alain Protat, BOM

Jorg Hacker, ARA

Wolfgang Junkermann, ARA

Ron Allum, RADSS

Alverman Soster, EmiControls

Philipp Mayr, EmiControls

Gregorio Centurion, Quaternium