An extra 31,000 dams were built in the Murray-Darling basin in the decade to 2005, as the region grappled with severe drought. Federal government experts studied satellite imagery of the basin's ...

A landmark 30-year-long study of wetlands in eastern Australia has found that construction of dams and diversion of water from the Murray-Darling Basin have led to a more than 70 per cent decline ...

A new map released by Mapping Services Australia shows the extent of water currently in the Murray Darling Basin and shows why the river on the South Australian side is predicted to record peaks ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer modelling used to develop the Murray-Darling Basin Plan may have significantly underestimated the effects of building dams and diverting water on the internationally ...

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority's (MDBA) Murray River annual outlook, released yesterday, showed southern basin storages are at unusually high levels for this time of year, with the Hume Dam ...

A new map released by Mapping Services Australia shows the extent of water currently in the Murray Darling Basin and shows why the river on the South Australian side is predicted to record peaks ...