Climate change: Australia could soon be hit by megadroughts lasting 20-plus years
Decades-long "megadroughts" could hit Australia, including our biggest agricultural region, in the near fut...
Source: 9news.com.au
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10 of Australia's most elusive birds - BirdLife Australia
Sean Dooley ponders which Australian birds are the most elusive and narrows it down to 10.
Source: birdlife.org.au
Are little penguins in a big decline?
Little penguins (Eudyptula minor) aren’t looking likely to be added to Australia’s list of threatened species any time soon.
Source: cosmosmagazine.com
SEQ does not have enough drinking water for booming population
South-east Queensland does not have enough drinking water to cater for its booming population, while the region could face mandatory restrictions in just months.
Source: smh.com.au
Lampreys - ancient blood-sucking eel-like fish - have been saved from the brink of extinction
Share The Millennium Drought was between 2001 – 2010, with the worst period between 2007 and 2010 with no freshwater flow from the River Murray to the Coorong and ocean. This stopped the migration of adult lamprey from the Southern Ocean to the River Murray, where the lampreys return to their own birthplace to breed, lay eggs and then die. 'There were no freshwater flows to the ocean from the River Murray at the Lower Murray barrages for almost three years,' Adrienne Rumbelow from the Department for Environment and Water South Australia said. 'You need winter flows that are allowed to tra...
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