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Drought-breaking rains not enough to boost wetland bird numbers We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Drought-breaking rains not enough to boost wetland bird numbers Normal text size Advertisement Wetland bird populations across eastern Australia have failed to respond to drought-breaking rains, as reservoirs and farm dams absorbed the bulk of of water flows. The 38th aerial survey, conducted by the University of NSW with four state governments, has found most bird species struggled to find enough water to spark large breeding events. Two grey t...

Advertisement Public battles between farmers and the environment movement must end, the Commonwealth's water agency says, warning a unified response is needed to tackle the damaging impacts of climate change in the Murray Darling Basin. A joint study by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO found the "middle of the road" climate scenario is for a 20 per cent reduction in streamflows across Australia's food bowl, assuming 2 degrees of global warming will be reached by 2060, as forecast by the United Nations. The Darling River at Louth, Far West NSW. Experts are warning that climate change is exp...

Advertisement Public battles between farmers and the environment movement must end, the Commonwealth's water agency says, warning a unified response is needed to tackle the damaging impacts of climate change in the Murray Darling Basin. A joint study by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO found the "middle of the road" climate scenario is for a 20 per cent reduction in streamflows across Australia's food bowl, assuming 2 degrees of global warming will be reached by 2060, as forecast by the United Nations. The Darling River at Louth, Far West NSW. Experts are warning that climate change is exp...