Ancient red river gums are dying in vast numbers due to water diversions from the Lachlan River in central NSW, according to a new report.
An Alice Springs water retention project, which is saving thousands of litres a year, is providing a model for local gardeners in central Australia.
The causes of south-eastern Australia's longest, most severe and damaging droughts have been discovered, with the surprise finding that they originate far away in the Indian Ocean.
A new analysis of precipitation records from the long-term cloud seeding operation in Tasmania that shows a promising increase in rainfall during periods of seeding.
CWI researchers received further recognition from IAH following the recent International Congress at Toyama, Japan.
UNSW will take a senior role in the new $60 million National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT), announced today by the Federal Government.
In 2009, UNSW celebrates sixty years as one of Australia's foremost international research intensive universities and as the university of choice for over 190,000 graduates.
The UNSW Connected Waters Initiative was well represented at the recent International Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists.
Technology under development at UNSW could offer new hope to farmers in drought-affected and marginal areas by enabling crops to grow using salty groundwater.
The largest ever survey of the health of Australia's vital wetlands has begun, with a team of environmental researchers from UNSW conducting a special aerial survey of waterbirds across the continent.