Climate change leaving Australia parched
An international team of researchers report that human-driven climate change may explain changes in water availability during the driest month of the year.
Category: Water & Climate
Drinking water under threat from bushfire
Rainfall after fire brings immediate relief but the environmental effects can sometimes be as significant as the fire itself.
Mangroves at risk if carbon emissions not reduced by 2050, scientists predict
An international research team, including scientists from the University of Wollongong (UOW), has predicted that by 2050, mangroves will not be able to survive rising sea-levels if global carbon emissions are not reduced.
Wetter wets and drier dry seasons
Variation in rainfall between the seasons is likely to increase under climate change, with wetter wet seasons and drier dry seasons, according to international research.
Roadmap laid out for next generation of crops for high productivity and resilience to climate change
A roadmap to engineer or breed the next generation of crops for high productivity and resilience to climate change has been laid out by a team of world experts.
How maths is solving complex water quality issues
Researchers are using complex mathematical modelling to improve the quality and distribution of water, a vital and precious resource that is often taken for granted because of its ‘simple’ journey from reservoir to tap.
Rising CO2’s uneven impact on our cropping future
A future featuring elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (eCO2) levels will have dramatically different impacts on different species of food crops, with new research putting to bed claims that climate change will result in better plant growth.
Mangroves at risk if carbon emissions don’t fall by 2050
In an article published in Science, a team of scientists from Macquarie University, the University of Hong Kong, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Rutgers University, and the University of Wollongong, found that a sea-level rise of greater than 6mm per year produced a 90 per cent…
‘Black box’ of rules hampers management of Murray-Darling Basin flows
The often-overlooked “human factor” in water management rules can have serious consequences for water supply for both irrigated agriculture and the environment, new UNSW Sydney research has found.
NZ scientist helps understand how the Earth belches CO2
The continent of Africa is slowly breaking apart, creating the East Africa rift which releases about 20 megatonnes of CO2 every year.
Latest climate models show more intense droughts to come
An analysis of new climate model projections by Australian researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes shows southwestern Australia and parts of southern Australia will see longer and more intense droughts due to a lack of rainfall caused by climate change.
Global warming will lift agriculture weed threat
Invasive weeds pose a significant threat to global agriculture productivity – and their threat will become more pronounced if the earth’s climate is affected by increased greenhouse gas concentration, according a Flinders University climate researcher.