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How ready is Australia for its next sudden flood? And what could help to encourage people to leave while there’s still time?
Implementing effective flood management is challenging, partly because not all floods are the same.
Understanding what to do when faced with flooding on the road is an important, yet often overlooked aspect of driver education, which could be the difference between life and death.
You might be wondering: what is a ‘Black Nor'easter’, what’s causing all this rain and does it have anything to do with climate change? Here’s what you need to know.
Floodwaters pulsing into the sea normally clear within six days. But the 2022 floods in eastern Australia were different.
Any plan to dam or extract water from some of Australia’s last wild rivers must carefully consider the consequences. Prawn, mud crab and barramundi fisheries could suffer in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
A new study shows that river barriers, similar to those built by beavers, can protect areas at risk of flooding by storing water upstream.
If you’re on holidays, the water may taste different. But is it safe to drink?
Foods stir up river sediments and can spread contaminants across the floodplain. It’s a risk in areas with a history of industrial pollution, like Maribyrnong, but EPA test results are reassuring.
Driving into floodwater is the leading cause of flood-related death. So why do people do it?
In spite of monsoon season and cyclone Nivar, the most recent floods are largely man-made disasters.
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NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health and Co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW
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Professor of Psychology, Griffith University
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Professor in Environmental Hydraulics, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Professor - Australian Rivers Institute, and Dean - Research Infrastructure, Griffith University
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Professor in Oceanography, UNSW
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Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer, Western Sydney University
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Research associate, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Engineering, Cardiff University
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Marine Ecologist, CSIRO
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Associate Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Post-doctoral Research Fellow of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Sociology, Macquarie University