[2] Whetton started her career in the late 1980s as a researcher in the Department of Geography at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria.

[3] Whetton was a Lead Author on the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Assessment Reports of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Australia in a Hot World[7] at the University of Melbourne in 2011, and the Greenhouse 2011: The Science of Climate Change conference.

[8] Whetton published numerous scientific journal articles on climate change as well as a contribution to more popular publications.

[9] Whetton lived in Footscray, Victoria, with her wife Janet Rice, a Greens Senator and former Mayor of Maribyrnong, and their two sons.