Australian Academy of Science

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Australian Academy of Science is a research center that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.

Australian university plans for largest citizen science groundwater study in the world

Resource limitations for research into Northern Australia's groundwater has meant not a lot is known about systems, but a new Charles Darwin University (CDU) study will take a giant leap in our understanding through citizen science. The study plans to use a small army of citizen scientists to collect, analyse and record samples of water […]

Australian Academy of Science · 25 Nov 2022

20 Feb 2019

Scientists lay out new plan to save the Darling River, Australia

Scientists asked to investigate the fish kills in the Murray-Darling River system in NSW say a failure to act resolutely and quickly on the fundamental cause—insufficient flows—threatens the viability of the Darling, the fish and the communities that depend on it for their livelihoods and wellbeing. The multidisciplinary panel of experts, convened by the Australian […]