Research from Macquarie University has revealed a gloomy future for Australia’s river network with dramatic impacts predicted for people, industries and wildlife owing to climate change. In an article published in Scientific Reports, Macquarie University’s Wetlands in Drylands researchers Zacchary Larkin, Tim Ralph and colleagues modelled how increasing aridity, under even a relatively moderate climate change scenario, will affect Australian inland rivers within 50 years...

Savannah Riverkeeper serves as the primary guardian of the Savannah River striving to respect, protect, and improve the entire river basin through education, advocacy, and action. Savannah Riverkeeper strives to be an effective and sustainable organization solely focused on making the Savannah River a healthy and productive watershed ensuring the natural, economic, and recreational viability of the basin as a whole now and for generations to come. We accomplish these goals by working under the pillars of restoration, protection and education.

"Hi. My name is Hilary Kuhn and I live in Cape York in Tropical Australia. I am currently editing a book I have written on the Mitchell River that transects Cape York between the Coral Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria. The story of the Mitchell River is a big story and includes its hydrology, ecology, Aboriginal legacy, catchment management with projections for the future."