Of all earth’s continents, only Antarctica gets less precipitation than Australia. Its average annual rainfall of just 470mm is also unevenly distributed: in the Northern Territory, Darwin receives ...

On the day the trucks took away Meghan Campbell’s cows, she wept. Campbell, 23 at the time, had helped build her family’s herd of 500 dairy cattle since grade school. She ordered her first cow embryos ...

Native bird and fish species dependent on the internationally significant Gwydir Wetlands may not receive enough water under new water allocation plans. Sydney, Australia - The Gwydir River Management ...

Water scarcity isn't just a distant threat anymore. More than 2 billion people live in water-stressed countries, with up to an estimated 3 billion people globally facing water shortages in 2023, and ...

Swarms of slimy gray fish are clogging up irrigation water filters in Australia thanks to a flood-triggered boom in their population. "#BreakingNews another unprecedented boom in class 1 noxious pest ...

Water shapes societies, but it is a factor only just beginning to be appreciated by social scientists. The Norwegian professor, writer and film maker Terje Tvedt, of the Universities of Oslo and ...