Surface irrigation water demand in the northern Murray-Darling Basin can be better accounted when using remotely-sensed irrigation extent and rates of actual evapotranspiration in hydrologic modelling, both in terms of magnitude and temporal patterns. In their recent study […]
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The coastal catchments of southeast Australia may be affected less by large-scale climatic drivers than previously assumed, according to recent research by Rafael Carvalho and colleagues from the University of Wollongong. The study looked at the spatial variation in rainfall for Shoalhaven […]
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New research has found that linear trends in rainfall across Australia between 1981 and 2014 were largely attributable to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). The same study also found that both intra-annual and seasonal rainfall changes […]
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With many pressures on water resources around Australia, it’s important to take stock and assess water availability and use across the country. Water in Australia 2013–14 is our first assessment report to provide a national overview of climatic […]
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Analysis of streamflow trends around Australia—using the Bureau’s Hydrologic Reference Stations —reveals just nine sites with an increasing annual streamflow trend, while 72 sites show a decreasing trend and the remaining sites show no trend. Decreasing trends were also found […]
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The landscape water balance is the sum of the hydrological processes that keep water moving through a landscape—recharging groundwater, filling streams and flushing water through wetlands. This water balance also determines how much moisture is in the soil—a […]
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The Millennium Drought ended more than five years ago, but several years of below-average rainfall and El Niño have brought drought back to many parts of Australia. Our latest report on water in Australia shows rainfall is continuing […]
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