Georgina Falster

Research Interests

Climate change science Climate Change Processes Palaeoclimatology Hydrology Isotope Geochemistry Climate change models

Dr Georgina Falster

ARC Grant-Funded Research Fellow

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

College of Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

I am a DECRA Fellow in Climate Science. I take a holistic approach to understanding Earth's climate and how it is changing - combining information from weather observations, climate model simulations, and natural archives of long-term climate variability (like tree rings and ice cores).I am mainly interested in the water cycle, on spatial scales from local to global, and time scales from monthly to multi-centennial. Within that, I have particular focus on: Australian droughts and how they are changing, tropical Pacific variability, and using water isotopes to track dynamical variability in the water cycle.

Date Position Institution name
2021 - 2025 ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Science Postdoctoral Fellow Australian National University
2019 - 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher Washington University in St. Louis

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2025 Award STA Superstar of STEM Science and Technology Australia Australia -
2024 Teaching Award K. S. W. Campbell Award in Earth Science Australian National University Australia -
2023 Award ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes prize for best paper published by a postdoctoral researcher Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes Australia -
2019 Award Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence The University of Adelaide Australia -
2016 Award AUGU RC Heddle Award Adelaide University Graduates Union Australia -
2015 Research Award AINSE Postgraduate Research Award - Australia -
2014 Scholarship CRC LEME Scholarship for outstanding research in the field of regolith science The University of Adelaide Australia -
2010 Award James Barrans Scholarship The University of Adelaide - -
2009 Award Glenn Scotford Memorial Prize The University of Adelaide - -

Date Institution name Country Title
2015 - 2019 University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Earth Sciences
2008 - 2011 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Geology

Year Citation
2025 Holgate, C. M., Falster, G. M., Gillett, Z. E., Goswami, P., Grant, M. O., Hobeichi, S., . . . Ukkola, A. M. (2025). Physical mechanisms of meteorological drought development, intensification and termination: an Australian review. Communications Earth and Environment, 6(1), 220-1-220-14.
DOI Scopus9 WoS6
2025 Cho, P. G., Falster, G., Bolster, D., Berke, M. A., & Müller, M. F. (2025). Influence of the Indian Walker Circulation on δ(18)O(P) and Hydroclimate Variability in the Indian Ocean Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres, 130(8), e2025JD043840-1-e2025JD043840-14.
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2025 Vaiglova, P., Kierdorf, H., Witzel, C., Falster, G., Joannes-Boyau, R., Wang, Y., . . . Darabi, H. (2025). Transport of animals underpinned ritual feasting at the onset of the Neolithic in southwestern Asia. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 519-1-519-12.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Abram, N. J., Maher, N., Perkins-Kirkpatrick, S., Falster, G. M., Hughes, T. P., Meissner, K. J., . . . Morgan, W. (2025). Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making. npj Climate Action, 4(1), 92-1-92-11.
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2024 Devanand, A., Falster, G. M., Gillett, Z. E., Hobeichi, S., Holgate, C. M., Jin, C., . . . Ukkola, A. M. (2024). Australia's Tinderbox Drought: An extreme natural event likely worsened by human-caused climate change. Science Advances, 10(10), eadj3460-1-eadj3460-22.
DOI Scopus43 WoS41 Europe PMC6
2024 Falster, G., Coats, S., & Abram, N. (2024). How unusual was Australia's 2017–2019 Tinderbox Drought?. Weather and Climate Extremes, 46, 100734-1-100734-11.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2024 Falster, G. M., Wright, N. M., Abram, N. J., Ukkola, A. M., & Henley, B. J. (2024). Potential for historically unprecedented Australian droughts from natural variability and climate change. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(6), 1383-1401.
DOI Scopus20 WoS17
2023 Falster, G., Konecky, B., Coats, S., & Stevenson, S. (2023). Forced changes in the Pacific Walker circulation over the past millennium. Nature, 622(7981), 93-100.
DOI Scopus32 WoS31 Europe PMC2
2023 Konecky, B. L., McKay, N. P., Falster, G. M., Stevenson, S. L., Fischer, M. J., Atwood, A. R., . . . Yoshimura, K. (2023). Globally coherent water cycle response to temperature change during the past two millennia. Nature Geoscience, 16(11), 997-1004.
DOI Scopus28 WoS26
2022 Churakova-Sidorova, O. V., Myglan, V. S., Fonti, M. V., Naumova, O. V., Kirdyanov, A. V., Kalugin, I. A., . . . Saurer, M. (2022). Modern aridity in the Altai-Sayan mountain range derived from multiple millennial proxies.. Scientific reports, 12(1), 7752.
DOI Scopus11 WoS9 Europe PMC1
2021 Falster, G., Konecky, B., Madhavan, M., Stevenson, S., & Coats, S. (2021). Imprint of the Pacific Walker Circulation in Global Precipitation d<sup>18</sup>O. Journal of Climate, 34(21), 8579-8597.
DOI Scopus23 WoS22
2020 Konecky, B. L., McKay, N. P., Churakova, O. V., Comas-Bru, L., Dassié, E. P., Delong, K. L., . . . Klaebe, R. M. (2020). The Iso2k database: A global compilation of paleo δ18O and δ2H records to aid understanding of Common Era climate. Earth System Science Data, 12(3), 2261-2288.
DOI Scopus72 WoS67
2019 Falster, G., Armbrecht, L., & Missiaen, L. (2019). Under the Southern Cross: 13th International Conference on Paleoceanography. Past Global Changes Magazine, 27(2), 87.
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2019 Khider, D., Emile-Geay, J., McKay, N. P., Gil, Y., Garijo, D., Ratnakar, V., . . . Zhou, Y. (2019). PaCTS 1.0: A Crowdsourced Reporting Standard for Paleoclimate Data. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34(10), 1570-1596.
DOI Scopus39 WoS36
2018 Falster, G. M., Tyler, J., Grant, K., Tibby, J., Turney, C., Lohr, S., . . . Kershaw, A. P. (2018). Millennial-scale variability in south-east Australian hydroclimate between 30,000 and 10,000 years ago. Quaternary Science Reviews, 192, 106-122.
DOI Scopus25 WoS25
2018 Falster, G., Delean, S., & Tyler, J. (2018). Hydrogen peroxide treatment of natural lake sediment prior to carbon and oxygen stable isotope analysis of calcium carbonate. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19(9), 3583-3595.
DOI Scopus19 WoS19
2015 Collins, A., Patranabis-Deb, S., Alexander, E., Bertram, C., Falster, G., Gore, R., . . . Wade, B. (2015). Detrital mineral age, radiogenic isotopic stratigraphy and tectonic significance of the Cuddapah Basin, India. Gondwana Research, 28(4), 1294-1309.
DOI Scopus101 WoS88

Year Citation
- Falster, G., Grant, K., Tyler, J., Tibby, J., Turney, C., Lohr, S., . . . Kershaw, A. P. (n.d.). Falster_et_al_2018_Lake_Surprise.xlsx.
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Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Climate change on Kangaroo Island Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Abigail Matthias
2025 Co-Supervisor Climate change on Kangaroo Island Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Abigail Matthias

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2025 - ongoing Member Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology Early to Mid Career Researcher Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
2023 - 2024 Co-Chair Research School of Earth Sciences Seminar Committee Australian National University Australia
2023 - 2024 Co-Chair ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes Early Career Researcher Committee Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes Australia
2021 - 2024 Co-Chair Past Global Changes (PAGES) Early Career Network Steering Committee Past Global Changes (PAGES) Switzerland
2021 - ongoing Co-Chair Past Global Changes (PAGES) 2k Network Past Global Changes - a Future Earth initiative Switzerland
2017 - 2019 Treasurer Australasian Quaternary Association Australasian Quaternary Association Australia

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