After twelve years, OzeWEX itself will also cease operations this year. It has been a joy to collaborate with so many of you in special projects, publications, workshops and of course the Summer Institute. A special thanks also […]
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The well documented relationship between rainfall and runoff in Victoria catchments has changed before, during and after the Millennium Drought (1997-2009) (Figure 1). Several theories explain it, such as higher evaporation, more farm dams, surface and groundwater interaction. […]
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Technologies to harness the power of water are touted as crucial for a low-emissions future. But over many decades, the hydropower industry has caused serious damage to the environment and people’s lives. More than 500 new hydropower dams […]
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For much of the last 230 years, First Nations of Australia have been dispossessed of water rights and excluded by the institutions that affect how water is used and managed. As Australia comes to terms with this truth, […]
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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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Higher global temperatures, resulting from climate change, are expected to increase extreme rainfalls due to increases in the moisture holding capacity of the atmosphere. Higher temperatures are also likely to increase potential evaporation contributing to greater water stress. […]
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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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The Murray-Darling Basin is Australia’s biggest agricultural region, producing almost 40% of the national food supply during the growing season from April to September. It’s filled with criss-crossing rivers, wetlands and lakes farmers rely on for crops, and […]
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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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Imagine, for a moment, a different kind of Australia. One where bushfires on the catastrophic scale of Black Summer happen almost every year. One where 50℃ days in Sydney and Melbourne are common. Where storms and flooding have […]
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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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