A new national forecasting service is giving dam operators, river managers – even kayakers – a clearer picture of river and stream flows up to a week in advance. Paradoxically, uncertainty is a key to more reliable forecasts. […]
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In many places there is evidence that some water users will sell off the surface water they are entitled to, but then make greater use of groundwater to satisfy their water needs. And, because surface water and groundwater […]
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Public battles between farmers and the environment movement must end, the Commonwealth’s water agency says, warning a unified response is needed to tackle the damaging impacts of climate change in the Murray Darling Basin. A joint study by […]
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Australia needs to apply the same science-led approach to climate change as it did to the coronavirus pandemic, the NSW Environment Minister says. Matt Kean, who has clashed with his federal Liberal colleagues during the year, believes Australia […]
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A climate watcher has said she is being “blown away” and “in shock” by Australia’s start to summer which is refusing to play by the rules. A climate watcher has said that she is “in shock” at how […]
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There is a growing interest globally in the spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of intermittently flowing streams and rivers. Previous studies have predominantly relied on the use of gauged streamflow data to make inferences about the distribution of […]
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Federal funding for advanced climate modelling has cheered scientists who say the investment will help refine predictions for everything from fire-generated thunderstorms to worsening urban heat islands. Buried in this year’s budget was the provision of $7.6 million […]
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Analysis by researchers at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have found areas in the Murray-Darling Basin suitable for long term underground water storage and could help build drought resilience. Water banking – known more technically as managed aquifer […]
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An international review of IPCC reports since 2001 has found that as the science has improved with each report, a trend has appeared showing climate-related impacts like heatwaves, the collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet and coral […]
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If you’ve ever logged on to a website or bought something online, you’ve probably had to do a reCAPTCHA to prove you’re human. reCAPTCHAs are photos of everyday scenes where you have to select all the squares that […]
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The majority of environmental water redirected from irrigators under the $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan isn’t being delivered to its intended wetland targets, with private land blocking the connections between rivers and floodplains, new research shows. The research, […]
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Continued warming of Australia’s climate, an increase in extreme fire weather and length of the fire season, declining rainfall in the southeast and southwest of the continent, and rising sea levels are some of the key trends detailed […]
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In an era of rapid global change, our ability to understand and predict Earth’s natural systems is lagging behind our ability to monitor and measure changes in the biosphere. Our capacity to predict these changes relies on our […]
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Drought is a slowly evolving phenomenon whose modulating mechanisms stem from complex interactions of atmospheric, land surface and oceanic processes. As drought manifests in different ways, it can be difficult to define. Ideally, the best way to assess […]
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Dryland rivers are inherently variable in terms of their hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology across a range of scales. This variability can make it difficult to disentangle long-term change from natural variability and makes it difficult to assess their […]
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The Murray-Darling Basin has been left without its top cop, with Mick Keelty stepping down after just one year in the newly established office. A Senate Estimates hearing in Canberra has heard Mr Keelty, a former Australian Federal […]
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The extreme, recent drought has devastated many communities around the Murray-Darling Basin, but the processes driving drought are still not well understood. Our new study helps to change this. We threw a weather model into reverse and ran it back for 35 […]
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Labor, Greens, independents, Shooters, Fishers and Farmers, Animal Justice party and One Nation join forces in the upper house. Farmers in southern NSW say the practice of harvesting floodwaters in the north is responsible for historically low flows […]
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Satellites in space and a network of ground-based sensors could be used to monitor the quality of Australia’s inland waterways, reservoirs and coastal environments. A 12-month scoping study for the new technology is part of a mission under […]
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Water security is one of the greatest issues facing Australia, and engineers have a significant role to play in helping to meet the challenge. In a submission to the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into progress on National Water Reform, Engineers Australia’s National Committee […]
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