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Mega-droughts that last more than two decades and are more severe than anything in recent experience could soon hit Australia, according to fresh climate modelling.
Australia could soon see megadroughts that last for more than 20 years, new modelling suggests. The bleak research from the Australian National University and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes has found these droughts could be worse than anything else in recent historical experience.
No Aussie alive has experienced a megadrought, but that could be about to change. Find out more.
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The animal was tagged in 2000, when it was estimated to be about one year old, and re-discovered alive in the wild last year
Australia is the driest inhabited continent, but could lead the way in drought resilience.