Dams have taken half the water from Australia’s second biggest river – and climate change will make it even worse

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Dams have taken half the water from Australia’s second biggest river – and climate change will make it even worse

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New research shows how river flows in the once-mighty Murrumbidgee have dwindled over time, leaving the floodplain high and dry. But the main culprit is not climate change and we can fix it.

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