Australian Dryness Linked To Sea Surface Temperatures
Thursday, June 5, 2008 - 20:21
in Earth & Climate
Since 1950, rainfall over southern and eastern Australia has decreased, significantly reducing inflows to the Murray and Darling rivers, Australia's longest river system. In particular, precipitation in late austral autumn has decreased by about 40 percent from the long-term seasonal average for Victoria, Australia's most densely populated state.