Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP150100062
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Megadrought likelihood and its water resource impacts in Australia. This interdisciplinary project plans to assemble a world-class team of hydrologists, climate scientists and water managers to investigate the history and future risk of decadal to multidecadal droughts (megadroughts). Despite Australia’s vulnerability to water scarcity, the likelihood of persistent megadroughts has not been assessed in Australia. This has resulted in inadequate capacity to prepare for and adapt to megadrought under future climate change. For the first time, palaeoclimate reconstructions and climate change projections will be used to constrain future hydroclimatic variability, advancing the decision-making capacity of Australian water resource managers.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2016
End Date: 10-2020
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $387,041.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Water Resources Engineering | Surfacewater Hydrology | Civil Engineering |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Climate Variability (excl. Social Impacts) | Urban Water Policy
