Hydrologists globally can now more easily conduct studies spanning Australia’s unique hydroclimatology with the August release of CAMELS-AUS, a new large-sample hydrology dataset covering 222 unregulated catchments in Australia. The dataset, produced as a collaboration between the University […]
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Hydrological extremes – such as droughts or floods – can have devastating effects on many aspects of human societies and the natural environment. Skilful forecasts of hydrology and hydrological extremes several months ahead can support decision making in […]
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“[The IPCC working group 1] projects with high confidence an increase in the variability of the water cycle in most regions of the world and under all emissions scenarios…” “Over the 21st century, the total land area subject […]
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When Malcolm Turnbull deposed Tony Abbott as Coalition Prime Minister in 2015, there were high hopes for climate policy in Australia. But Fighting the Future: the politics of climate policy in Australia (2015-2020), commissioned and published in WIREs […]
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The models we use to manage our rivers and groundwater aquifers are not just equations and maths, but are a formalisation of how we think nature behaves in response to droughts and floods. A major, and implicit, assumption […]
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Accurate water accounting is an important tool to manage our precious water resources in the dry Australian climate. Understanding the volumes of water extracted and stored in farm dams can assist with on-farm and catchment management. The WaterSENSE […]
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Australia is experiencing widespread, rapid climate change not seen for thousands of years and may warm by 4℃ or more this century, according to a highly anticipated report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The assessment, […]
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Some rivers flow all year (perennial), others may flow most of the year or only occasionally (intermittent). This flow period and the intensity and volume of the flow define a river’s flow regime. Understanding the flow regime is […]
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An international research collaboration, led by the Flinders University of South Australia, has revealed a seven-year lag precipitation teleconnection for South Australia. The teleconnection is characterised as a positive 29-season lag correlation between precipitation in South Australia and […]
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A research team based at the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, at the Flinders University of South Australia, recently reported an opposite temporal pattern of terrestrial water storage (TWS) between eastern and western Australia. The researchers […]
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To help Australia adapt to climate change and manage the disasters that come with it, the federal government this week pledged A$600 million towards establishing the National Recovery and Resilience Agency, and $210 million for the Australian Climate […]
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The Victorian Water and Climate Initiative (VicWaCI) is a research collaboration between AWA members the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO and The University of Melbourne. In December of 2020, the anticipated […]
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An international research team has demonstrated that climate change, rather than water and land management, plays a crucial role in river flow at a global level. Climate change is affecting the water balance of our planet: influencing the […]
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(extract from a message circulated by Dr Helen Cleugh, CSIRO) It is with a heavy heart that I share with you the sad news that our dear colleague and friend, Dr Vanessa Haverd, passed away on Tuesday Jan 19. […]
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The practice is common among irrigators throughout the state and most do not have the special permits require. The practice of capturing flood waters moving across plains using levees and dams is almost certainly illegal in New South […]
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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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