Laure Poncet
Editor
Contents
4 President ' s report 6 Charts and Chocolate
8 Weathering Davis: a winter at Australia ' s southernmost Antarctic research station
10 A week in Kyoto: reflections from the CMIP Community Workshop
12 The Priestley Cup is back in play after a six-year break
13 A new national strategy for Australian ocean science
14 Scientists have scrapped the worst case scenario – because action is making a difference
15 Celebrating the JSHESS award winners 16 The loss of the Southern Cloud 20 Charts of the Past 21 Calendar & JSHESS content
ISSN 1035‐6576 Editor: Laure Poncet Editor‐in‐Chief: Damien Irving Assistant Editors: Linden Ashcroft and Blair Trewin Design: Laure Poncet Publisher: AMOS
Contact and submit pieces: bamos @ amos. org. au. Submission guidelines are available online and at the end of this issue.
Cover Image: foggy morning at Mount Bold Reservoir, South Australia, on 21 May 2026. Credit: Jenny Thorpe
Other images in this publication: Photographs without a specified source are obtained via the‘ pexels’ website and hyperlinked to the original image online.
Welcome to the autumn issue of BAMOS!
Since our last issue in February, our community has seen both momentum and uncertainty. AMOS 2026, held in February in Hobart, highlighted the importance of strong national collaboration, increased investment in climate computing infrastructure and long-term support for modelling capability. Yet, in May, these very elements came under pressure with the announcements of CSIRO job cuts. Our president, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, outlines the implications of such cuts in detail in her President ' s Report on p. 4, including what they mean for Australia ' s long-term climate modelling capacity and our ability to respond to a changing climate.
In more positive news, this autumn has been rich in activity, with many of us attending the CMIP Community Workshop in Kyoto soon after the AMOS conference, or travelling across the globe to attend EGU in Vienna in May. In this issue, Himadri Saini from the University of Melbourne shares her reflections from the workshop, held in the very building where the Kyoto Protocol was adopted on 11 December 1997.
Weather-wise, this season has also been very active, with tropical lows causing heavy rainfall in the Top End in March, Tropical Cyclone Narelle making consecutive landfalls in northern and northwestern Australia, and unusual heat in southeast Australia in May. In his article " Charts and Chocolate " on p. 6, Samuel Dahl from the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather explores the causes and consequences of some of these autumn weather events. Due to the publication timeline, the Tasman low from 23-26 May couldn ' t be included, but its impacts were nevertheless impressive, and I particularly enjoyed watching the huge waves it generated off Coogee Beach in Sydney on Sunday 24 May.
One article I also particularly enjoyed in this issue is Kasey Williams ' " Weathering Davis: a winter at Australia ' s southernmost Antarctic research station ". This beautifully written piece not only delves into the exciting daily life at Davis Station but also captures the continent ' s unique beauty and the importance of protecting it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
This issue also features much more, including an article on the Priestley Cup, an historical piece on the loss of the Southern Cloud and the usual Charts of the Past, which celebrate their 30th anniversary this year, with the first published in April 1996. I would like to extend sincere thanks to Blair Trewin for his work preparing Charts of the Past, which continue to make BAMOS so special.
With that, I ' ll leave you to enjoy this issue, and I wish you a wonderful start to the winter season!