Fifteen scientists will be hired to predict fluctuations in the climate system up to 10 years into the future, as part of the Turnbull government's renewed enthusiasm for climate science at the CSIRO.

As Fairfax Media revealed last week, new Science Minister Greg Hunt has ordered a U-turn in the direction of the national science agency, reviving climate research as a bedrock function just months after the organisation slashed climate staff and programs.

At the time, Mr Hunt said the full strategy was still being devised, but would involve 15 new climate science jobs and research investment worth $37 million over 10 years.

On Monday, he announced the money would be spent on so-called decadal climate science monitoring and forecasting capacity in a new CSIRO Climate Science Centre to be established in Hobart.