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Article: Supermodelling the Murray-Darling.(Focus: MURRAY-DARLING BASIN)(Cover story)
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- February 1, 2008
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How does the Murray-Darling's complex water system work, how do we measure its capacity and supply under increasing demands, and how do we understand the implications for local communities--in just a year? CSIRO's Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project, probably the most ambitious resource inventory attempted anywhere in the world, has met that challenge. Graeme O'Neill reports on a historic and timely research undertaking.
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The Murray--Darling Basin (MDB) is in the grip of one of the more severe droughts in the last century, adding climatic complication to a list of other severe pressures on the water system: ...