When the river runs dry: megadroughts on the cards in Australia, new report warns

The cracked bed of a water canal between Pooncarie and Menindee, Thursday, February 14, 2019. The Darling River and the Menindee Lakes are under pressure from low water flow as a result of the continuing drought affecting more than 98% of New South Wales. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP / DEAN LEWINS/AAPIMAGE

Australia could soon see megadroughts that last for more than 20 years, new modelling suggests. The bleak research from the Australian National University (ANU) and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes has found these droughts could be worse than anything else in recent historical experience. In English : Deborah Groarke ; In Tamil : Selvi.

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