The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought
- Written by Fran Sheldon, Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Griffith University
Puddles in the bed of the Darling River are a sign of an ecosystem in crisis.Jeremy Buckingham/Flickr, CC BY-SA
The deaths of millions of fish in the lower Darling River system over the past few weeks should come as no surprise. Quite apart from specific warnings given to the NSW government by their own specialists in 2013, scientists have been...
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