Deluge & drought: Water security in a changing climate

November 28, 2018 Will Steffen (ANU), Martin Rice and Annika Dean (Climate Council), Lesley Hughes (Macquarie University), Hilary Bambrick (QUT), Joëlle Gergis and Rob Vertessy (University of Melbourne)

Water is essential for life. It shapes where and how we live, determines the availability of food and other services that underpin human well-being and is crucial for healthy natural ecosystems. Yet in Australia and globally the water […]

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Scientists warn Australia’s water security threatened by climate change

November 17, 2018 Biwa Kwan (SBS News)

Australia is facing more severe floods and droughts as rainfall patterns diminish over the past three decades, a new report has warned. Co-author Professor Will Steffen from the Climate Council said the report shows an intensification of drought and […]

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