MD-WERP Theme: Climate Adaptation
MD-WERP Theme 1 Project: Climate Adaptation Foundational Science
Research Lead: CSIRO
Climate change projections indicate that the Basin will become warmer, and rainfall is likely to decline. The impacts on the hydrological regime of climate change will include lower mean annual runoff, fewer high flow days and longer periods of low flow. The hydrological regime influences water quality in the Basin and therefore climate change is expected to impact water quality outcomes.
This report describes a study investigating the consequences of climate change for the hydrological conditions that lead to hypoxic blackwater and low dissolved oxygen events at more than 150 stream gauges from across the Basin.