Water & Climate - Research for Agriculture

Rethinking climate modelling to prepare for even hotter temperatures

Researchers compared two major climate modelling methods, transient climate where the global temperatures are consistently rising over the next 80 years and equilibrium climate where the temperatures rise and reach a steady equilibrium over the course of centuries.

Jan 7, 2020

climate, research

Agriculture run-off greenhouse gas emissions from rivers and streams have increased

Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide from rivers and streams have increased since the 1900s, largely thanks to the use of nitrogen fertilisers in agriculture, according to Australian and international research.

Jan 7, 2020

climate, water

Benefits and risks for marine life from CO2 removal approaches

A new Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) study has identified potential benefits and risks for marine ecosystems from two of the key approaches for carbon removal proposed to cut atmospheric carbon levels and slow climate change.

Dec 10, 2019

environment, research

Soil study shows Australia at its most stripped back

New research from The Australian National University (ANU) and Geoscience Australia could provide a much clearer picture of the Australian landscape, and how to better manage it under a changing climate.

Dec 4, 2019

climate, environment

Is vital freshwater hidden beneath the sea?

Solutions to escalating global water supply issues are demanding innovative scientific investigation, such as Flinders University’s Professor Adrian Werner making important advances in assessing freshwater reservoirs that exist beneath the ocean.

Oct 23, 2019

research, water

Mapping climate change using historical mangrove records

A Griffith University wetland ecologist has played a key role in new research that looked to the past to identify historical changes in mangrove and salt marsh dominance and distribution over the past 250 years.

Oct 10, 2019

Fighting climate change a bonus for planting native trees

Over the last three years researchers at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research have worked with Hikurangi Enterprises Ltd to scope Māori landowner interest in native forest regeneration and carbon farming.

Sep 3, 2019

Managing water, energy & food key to social stability and regional security

As world leaders process the implications of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a food security specialist reports that finding long term solutions to food, water and energy security, in the face of climate change and escalating demand, is critical…

Aug 21, 2019

research

Strange coral spawning improving Great Barrier Reef’s resilience

A phenomenon that makes coral spawn more than once a year is improving the resilience of the Great Barrier Reef.

Aug 6, 2019

environment, research

Research aims to preserve the future of Ningaloo reef corals

Researchers at The University of Western Australia are a step closer to discovering more about the health of our oceans after analysing how coral in Ningaloo Reef formed.

Jul 30, 2019

environment

South Australia’s droughts are getting worse

Despite Adelaide experiencing its wettest day in more than two years in June 2019, a new study by UniSA shows droughts are becoming longer and more severe in South Australia.

Jun 17, 2019

environment

Making better use of environmental water

Murray-Darling communities in the Southern Basin will be able to hold onto another 605 gigalitres thanks to 17 projects that make better use of the environmental water we already have.

Jun 13, 2019

water

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