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Assessing the Climate Response to Major Surface Inundation: Lake Eyre, Australia

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A World Meteorological Organization assessment of freshwater resources noted that approximately 1.7 billion people, or one-third of the world’s population, live in countries that are water-stressed (Stockholm Environment Institute 1997) (defined as using more than 20% of their renewable water supply, a commonly used indicator of water stress), and that this number is projected to increase to around 5 billion by 2025. As a result, projects to ‘drought-proof’ regions vulnerable to water stress are clearly of interest to many people and governments.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Julie Arblaster and Debbie Abbs for their advice on experimental design.

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  1. Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Pandora Hope

  2. National Climate Centre, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Andrew B. Watkins

  3. Lake Eyre Yacht Club, Belgrave Heights, Victoria, Australia

    Robert L. Backway

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Hope, P., Watkins, A.B., Backway, R.L. (2010). Assessing the Climate Response to Major Surface Inundation: Lake Eyre, Australia. In: Badescu, V., Cathcart, R. (eds) Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14779-1_24

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