Water & Climate - Research for Agriculture

Reef Life Survey diver off Lord Howe Island. Credit Antonia Cooper

Climate change to affect fish sizes and complex food webs

Global climate change will affect fish sizes in unpredictable ways and, consequently, impact complex food webs in our oceans, a new Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)-led study has shown.

Apr 7, 2020

environment, research, water

Shedding light on how much carbon tropical forests can absorb

Calculating the amount of carbon that tropical forests sequester requires examining a wider range of factors than most researchers undertake, according to a new report.

Mar 25, 2020

environment, research

NSW trials highlight drought-beating biserrula

Biserrula has been the most successful pasture legume to establish and produce seed under severe drought conditions in NSW’s 450mm rainfall region in 2018 and 2019, according to GRDC-backed research.

Mar 23, 2020

environment, research

Birds are the “canaries in the climate-change coal mine”

A bird study led by The Australian National University (ANU) provides new understanding of the ways birds and mammals respond to a rapidly warming world.

Mar 18, 2020

environment, research

Underwater coral drilling core (Jason Turl).

Indian Ocean phenomenon spells climate trouble for Australia

New international research has found a worrying change in the Indian Ocean’s surface temperatures that puts southeast Australia on course for increasingly hot and dry conditions.

Mar 11, 2020

environment, research

Global warming disrupts animal development

Future global warming could have major implications for animal population numbers with higher temperatures already affecting embryo development, scientists have warned.

Mar 3, 2020

environment, research

More countries accepting the environment must take centre stage

Research shows an increasing number of countries are publishing ecosystem accounts, helping to embed nature in economic and financial decisions.

Feb 26, 2020

environment, research

Understanding flow is the key to river health

In a dry country such as Australia, accurate understanding of streamflow generation processes in intermittent rivers is crucial to understand the health of our troubled river system, according to Flinders University Hydrology researcher Dr Margaret Shanafield.

Feb 24, 2020

environment, water

Sugar ants’ preference for pee could curb GHG

A penchant for pee could see a common ant play a role in reducing greenhouse gases.

Feb 19, 2020

climate, environment

Rethinking climate modelling to prepare for even hotter temperatures

Improper adoption of climate impact modelling could leave us ill prepared for even higher temperatures and more frequent heatwaves, according to new research.

Feb 18, 2020

climate, research

Irrigation helps beat the heat

Large-scale irrigation can help alleviate and even reverse hot extremes driven by human activity and other drivers of global warming, a new international study has found.

Feb 12, 2020

research, water

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Rule-breaking plants as climate change survivors

Plants breaking some of the ecological rules might have a higher chance of surviving climate change, according to researchers from the University of Queensland and Trinity College Dublin.

Feb 12, 2020

climate, environment, research

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