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Billions spent on Murray-Darling water infrastructure: here’s the result

July 18, 2019 QJ Wang and Avril Horne (University of Melbourne)
Waterwheel used for flood irrigation of rice at Griffith, NSW. 1989.

Earlier this year, researchers suggested the amount of water returned to the Murray Darling Basin under a federal program has been “grossly exaggerated”, to the tune of hundreds of billions of litres. The report argued that government investment […]

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Congratulations to the multi-institution team for driving this initiative!

TERN@TERN_Aus

More information on the recently announced funding for an Australian Critical Zone Observatory Network here: https://t.co/ayjDK5p6WZ
Congratulations again to the team from TERN, @uwanews @UniofAdelaide @usceduau @UTSEngage @UNSW @AuScope 👏😊
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Australian Government Agriculture and Water@DeptAgNews·
24 Jan 1353211939632119810

We're bringing together climatic, environmental, social and economic info for the ag sector to plan for future #drought impacts. Find out more about our $10 million Climate Services for Agriculture Program #futuredroughtfund #agriculture. Find out more: https://t.co/u6uJP2RS5N

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envirogov@envirogov·
25 Jan 1353564256772435970

We will create a new National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy! Climate change is here and affects us all. A new strategy will be a roadmap for all Australians to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Read more: https://t.co/ebonCfayrf

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Copernicus ECMWF@CopernicusECMWF·
26 Jan 1354056469017202690

🔥Wildfires were in the news throughout 2020. Can you spot headline-making fires in Australia, the Arctic and the western United States in this #CopernicusAtmosphere Monitoring Service animation of global fire activity?

More on our wildfire monitoring➡️https://t.co/6h8WAXI4ai

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Australian Rivers Institute@GriffithARI·
22 Jan 1352442477706285057

“The aim is to equip #Australia’s land and #water managers with the knowledge and tools they need to address the country’s most pressing #environmental concerns and promote resilience, #sustainability and productivity," says @fishymk.

Story Link:

Griffith experts take leading role in national environmental research hub

Griffith University will host the eastern Australia node of a new environmental research hub providing leadership in the study of threatened species a...

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OzEWEX@ozewex_org·
23 Jan 1352806479812849665

Vale Vanessa Haverd, a highly influential land surface modeller and an inspiring colleague.

Vale Vanessa Haverd, a highly influential land surface modeller and an inspiring colleague.
Pep Canadell@pepcanadell

Vale Vanessa Haverd

With profound sadness, we remember a brilliant biospheric modeller, a colleague, and above all, a friend.

24 March 1977 - 19 January 2021

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MD Basin Authority@MD_Basin_Auth·
21 Jan 1352111798418341890

Much of the northern #Murray-Darling Basin begins 2021 in drought. Persistent rain would turn things round so fingers crossed La Nina delivers. Meanwhile more water in southern storages has raised allocations for irrigators. It remains a tale of two Basins https://t.co/ONmFIKGcSp

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OzEWEX@ozewex_org·
21 Jan 1352361073907798017

On the curious case of the Red Hill paired catchments..

HESS Journal@EGU_HESS

Discussion open for comments: Drought-induced non-stationarity in the rainfall-runoff relationship invalidates the role of control catchment at the Red Hill paired-catchment experimental site https://t.co/61cqiBLks3

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Centre for Global Food & Resources (GFAR)@UoAGFAR·
20 Jan 1351748802722615298

New paper!

GFAR's Dr Constantin Seidl (pictured), @SarahAnnWheele1 & A/Prof Alec Zuo published 'The drivers associated with Murray-Darling Basin irrigators’ future farm adaptation strategies' in the Journal of Rural Studies.

Open access until 4 March.

https://t.co/cw6bP7cnFH

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TERN@TERN_Aus·
18 Jan 1351014845034934274

Fantastic news!😊
$1.2M @arc_gov_au funding secured for 🇦🇺's 1st Critical Zone Observatory! 🥳👏
National CZO strategy, 5 foundational sites w integrated monitoring equipment to observe canopies to bedrock, implemented via TERN & partners.
Details to come...
#NCRISimpact @AuScope

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OzEWEX@ozewex_org·
18 Jan 1351272876482158592

New study on rainfall intensity trends with Australian contributions by @sethwestra @conradwasko and others

New study on rainfall intensity trends with Australian contributions by @sethwestra @conradwasko and others
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 🌍@NatRevEarthEnv

In this Review, @HayleyJFowler et al assess evidence for the intensification of short-duration rainfall extremes.

@sethwestra @rpallanuk @Climate_Stephen @lizlewis_water @DrGVillarini @conradwasko @EngineeringNCL

https://t.co/6khu8I29zu (free-to-read: https://t.co/UEnMDochH6)

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Weatherzone@weatherzone·
15 Jan 1349971008946520064

Rivers in Western Australia's #Pilbara region were flowing at the beginning of 2021 after heavy rain and thunderstorms swept through the area. 👏 @kyliessv/IG captured this incredible scenes as she travelled through earlier this month.

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HESS Journal@EGU_HESS·
14 Jan 1349649004037107712

Discussion open for comments: Development and evaluation of 0.05° terrestrial water storage estimates using CABLE land surface model and GRACE data assimilation https://t.co/kGajSNeIGn

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Sarah Ann Wheeler@SarahAnnWheele1·
11 Jan 1348771543279566849

An expanding pool – Investors start to pay attention to water risk

Investors start to pay attention to water risk

A host of data firms with whizzy methods are helping them divine it

www.economist.com

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Australian Rivers Institute@GriffithARI·
12 Jan 1348828200265076745

"We need to plan for the eventuality we may well see quite drastically reduced inflows that could harm many, if not all, of the economic and social activities and the lives people and communities have built around waterways," Professor @SueJackson3068.

Stop fighting and start adapting to climate change, Basin Authority says

A unified effort will be needed to tackle the significant reduction in water forecast for Australia's food bowl, the Murray Darling Basin Authority wa...

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Advancing Earth Observation Forum 2021@earthobsforum·
12 Jan 1348818668793155585

Got an #earthobservation story to tell? Join us in Brissi in Aug for #AEO2021

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#remotesensing #geospatial #satellite #drone #UAS4RS

@EarthObsAu @TERN_Aus @stuartphinn @petescarth @TerraLuma @RemoteSens_MDPI @RSRC_UQ

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ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes@ClimateExtremes·
12 Jan 1348794707644616705

Re-examining a @BOM_au pre-instrumental dataset of the 1888 Centennial drought, Mathilde Ritman & @lindenashcroft found it was similar to the 2017/19 drought but not as bad as the 1982/83 drought. @CSIRO @unimelb @AMOSupdates @arc_gov_au https://t.co/86DCBLPyYA

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ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes@ClimateExtremes·
11 Jan 1348451801687707649

Congratulations to our own @jasonpeterevans who has just been announced as a Fellow of Royal Society of NSW @RAS_NSW. @AMOSupdates @BOM_au @CSIRO https://t.co/qVWiXMbVg0

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Bureau of Meteorology, Australia@BOM_au·
7 Jan 1347256693416103939

The numbers are in, 2020 was Australia’s 4th warmest year on record, 1.15 °C above average.

For Australia as a whole, annual rainfall was 4% above average at 483.4 mm.

Find out more in our #AnnualClimateStatement for 2020: https://t.co/fldsTv58mv @WMO

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OzEWEX@ozewex_org·
7 Jan 1347205773185740802

New paper by Shovon Barua & co @Monash_Science

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New research article: Using multiple methods to investigate the effects of land-use changes on groundwater recharge in a semi-arid area https://t.co/RoHWuN4EOi

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