CSIRO chief confirms climate modelling and monitoring jobs to be halved

News comes week after Larry Marshall announced shift in research priorities from understanding nature of climate change to adaptation and mitigation

CSIRO chief Larry Marshall has provided more details on cuts to climate monitoring and modelling at the CSIRO - confirming that the number of researchers employed in two research programs would be halved.

In Senate estimates on Thursday, under questioning from Labor's Kim Carr, Marshall said 100 jobs would be cut from the oceans and atmosphere program . He said they would hire another 35 people, leaving an overall loss of 65 people.