Many CSIRO climate scientists to lose their jobs

The CSIRO is going ahead with a controversial restructure that will see between a third and a half of its climate scientists lose their jobs.

Just some of the 74 jobs to go from the Oceans and Atmosphere division

CSIRO says it is a response to 70 per cent decline in government funding in past three years

Hardest-hit will be CSIRO's Aspendale laboratories in south-east Melbourne, which were set up after World War II to improve weather forecasting and have since gained an international reputation.

The labs look certain to close as part of the shakeup unveiled earlier in the year by chief executive Larry Marshall.

The CSIRO's staff association estimated 32 jobs would be lost from the Aspendale facility, and some staff have already begun to receive redundancy notices.

The cuts at the Aspendale lab are just some of the 74 jobs that will go from the Oceans and Atmosphere division of CSIRO.

Read the ABC News story - “CSIRO Melbourne climate science labs look certain to close under restructure.”