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Subsidies drive Murray-Darling Basin extractions as environment loses

01 May 2020

Subsidised irrigators extracted up to 28 per cent more water than those who received no funds under a national Murray-Darling Basin irrigation efficiency program, a new study has found.

‘Quite startling’: photos from space show Australia before and after the rain

25 Feb 2020

It's important to remember that most of this greening is due to growth of grasses, which respond more rapidly after rain.

Platypus on brink of extinction

20 Jan 2020

New UNSW research calls for national action to minimise the risk of the platypus vanishing due to habitat destruction, dams and weirs.

Fears over water supplies grow as drought worsens

11 Sep 2019

As reserves dwindle, we are becoming increasingly anxious that fresh water will not be reliably available for domestic use, says new UNSW research.

Are more Aussie trees dying of drought? Scientists need your help spotting dead trees

27 Mar 2019

Climate extremes are killing Australian trees, but we don't know where they're dying. Scientists are asking the public to use their phones to help.

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The Long Dry: Global water supplies are shrinking

13 Dec 2018

Global water supplies are shrinking, even as rainfall is rising. The culprit? The drying of soils due to climate change.

Australia should never be ‘drought proofed’ again

30 Oct 2018

Attempting to tame nature and our land and rivers is an Australian obsession that looks doomed to keep failing.

We must strengthen environmental protections during drought – or face irreversible loss

27 Sep 2018

Australian wildlife can generally cope with drought, but they're not prepared for the combination of people, introduced animals, and no water.

The lessons we need to learn to deal with the ‘creeping disaster’ of drought

09 Nov 2016

Droughts are much bigger and slower than other natural disasters that hit Australia but we still haven't figured out how best to protect ourselves, write Anthony Kiem, Fiona Johnson and Seth Westra.

500 years of drought and flood: trees and corals reveal Australia’s climate history

07 Dec 2015

The dominant theme of Australia’s drought history is variability, write Patrick Baker, Chris Turney and Jonathan Palmer.

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