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This weir is one of many barriers to the passage of fish in the Murray-Darling Basin. Geoff Reid, One Basin CRC

July 24, 2025

The Murray–Darling Basin Plan Evaluation is out. The next step is to fix the land, not just the flows

Michael Stewardson, The University of Melbourne; Neville Crossman, Flinders University; Samantha Capon, Griffith University, and Seth Westra, University of Adelaide

Restoring the basin to health requires more than just more water. Coordinated local efforts to restore rivers and the surrounding land are desperately needed.

Data about farms’ financial situation as well as the weather could help identify those most vulnerable to drought. Bidgee/Wikimedia Commons

April 22, 2016

Drought forecasting isn’t just about water – to get smart we need health and financial data too

Neville Crossman, CSIRO; Ian Overton, CSIRO; Jamie Hannaford, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; Kerstin Stahl, University of Freiburg; Kevin Collins, The Open University; Mark Svoboda, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Mike Acreman, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and Nicole Wall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Forecasting drought should be about more than weather – to help those likely to be hit hardest, we need financial and even health data too.

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