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Our research

How can your phone help us monitor water quality from space?

Help us keep an ‘Eye on Water’ by measuring local water quality with nothing more than your phone camera.

Protecting Ramsar wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin

We are helping to safeguard these internationally recognised wetlands for the future.

Flow Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Program (Flow-MER)

The Flow-MER consortium is improving our understanding and evaluating the benefits of environmental water in the Murray–Darling Basin.

Experimental ecosystem accounts for the Murray-Darling Basin

Ecologically meaningful information for diverse decision makers, from conservation to production .

The Murray–Darling Water and Environment Research Program

We are working with partners to deliver research that will benefit the Murray-Darling Basin and its communities for years to come.

Ecosystem functions in the Murray-Darling Basin

Our knowledge about the Murray-Darling Basin ecosystem improves water management and promotes better environmental outcomes.

Frogs in love hop into Murray-Darling Basin research

Researchers are drawing on the love lives of frogs to better understand whether an ecosystem is healthy.

Murray-Darling Basin sustainable yields overview

In 2007 and 2008, the Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields team led by Tom Hatton and Bill Young undertook an assessment of the likely impacts of climate change on the surface water and groundwater resources of the Murray-Darling Basin.

Murray-Darling Basin sustainable yields papers

We have completed a series of reports which assessed current and future water availability in the Murray-Darling Basin.

Waterbird breeding

Wetlands within the Murray-Darling Basin provide critical waterbird habitats, however the quality and availability of these sites are influenced by our water and vegetation management decisions.

Ecological trajectories

In the Murray-Darling Basin, consumptive water use coupled with high natural variability in river flows has resulted in declines in environmental condition in many ecological systems.

Spatial tool MDB

Water is highly contested in the Murray-Darling Basin with use of water by irrigators and the environment in conflict.

Murray-Darling Basin water security

Our research is playing a crucial role in supporting decision making in Australia’s largest river basin.

Science Solutions for the Murray-Darling Basin

Managing today’s resources for the future

How CSIRO is helping to protect a national icon

The Murray-Darling Basin is a national icon under stress in a changing climate. Ensuring this Australian food bowl remains healthy and productive is vital for the communities, environment and industries relying on it. Read about our capability and range of research in the Basin.

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