Barry Hart

Too much water is going to irrigators along the Darling River. DEAN LEWINS/AAP

July 29, 2019

NSW’s water plan is ‘not working’ but we can save the Barwon‑Darling

Barry Hart, Monash University

Irrigators get too much water from the Barwon-Darling even when river levels are critically low, according to a NSW government review.

Governments have been reluctant to work towards increased overbank flows, but the Basin needs it to boost its resilience. Dean Lewins/AAP

June 11, 2019

5 ways the government can clean up the Murray‑Darling Basin Plan

Barry Hart, Monash University and Martin Thoms, University of New England

The Murray-Darling Basin might not survive future climate change shocks without changes to the plan.

The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching again, in its first back-to-back mass bleaching event. AAP/WWF Australia

March 15, 2017

Year‑on‑year bleaching threatens Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status

Terry Hughes, James Cook University; Barry Hart, Monash University, and Karen Hussey, The University of Queensland

The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching again. Without greater action on climate change and water quality, its World Heritage status could be listed as “in danger”.

Coping with floods is just one of the issues dams need to deal with. Tatters ❀/Flickr

June 26, 2016

Rush to dam northern Australia comes at the expense of sustainability

Barry Hart, Monash University; Avril Horne, The University of Melbourne, and Erin O'Donnell, The University of Melbourne

The development of northern Australia will depend on harnessing water resources.

Northern rivers could increase Australia’s irrigated land by 50%. But we need to think about the environmental impacts. Robin Hutton/Flickr

February 9, 2016

Damming northern Australia: we need to learn hard lessons from the south

Erin O'Donnell, The University of Melbourne and Barry Hart, Monash University

It’s full steam ahead for bringing vast increases in farming to northern Australia. In fact, probably too fast to adequately consider the environmental impacts.

Nutrient runoff is one of the major contributors to crown-of-thorns outbreaks. Crown-of-thorns image from www.shutterstock.com

October 25, 2015

Current management is not enough to halt pollution on the Great Barrier Reef

Barry Hart, Monash University and Bill Dennison, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Despite 15 years of concerted action by the Australian and Queensland governments the health of the reef is not improving and in fact may be continuing to deteriorate.

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