Following the release of my recent technical report, Plugging the Murray's Mouth: The Interrupted Evolution of a Barrier Estuary [1], the South Australian water minister, Paul Caica, made public comment that Lake Alexandrina has been a "predominately … [Read more...] about Minister Caica Ignorant of History of Lake Alexandrina
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New Canal Development at Bottom of Murray Darling: With Freshwater
The South Australian government dammed the Murray River's estuary making lakes Alexandrina and Albert totally dependent on the Murray River. That was in the 1930s. More recently the South Australian government has been encouraging the … [Read more...] about New Canal Development at Bottom of Murray Darling: With Freshwater
It’s a Barrier Estuary: Duh!
IN South Australia the Coorong fishermen say that before irrigation, before the weirs, locks, levees and barrages (sea dykes), the Murray River would flog down from September until maybe Christmas, filling the lagoon, then out the mouth. By … [Read more...] about It’s a Barrier Estuary: Duh!
Southern Ocean Tides Could Save Lower Lakes
THERE are a lot of comments in the thread following my blog post ‘Healthy Country Means Less Water for South Australia’. In that thread Peter R. Smith OAM has claimed that if it weren’t for the barrages Lake Alexandrina, a terminal coastal lake at … [Read more...] about Southern Ocean Tides Could Save Lower Lakes
All I Want for Christmas…
is for you to sign the petition here: http://petitions.listentous.org.au/detail/index/pid/17 RIVERS NEED ESTUARIES CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED Biologist Dr Jennifer Marohasy has launched the Australian Environment Foundation, AEF, campaign'Rivers Need … [Read more...] about All I Want for Christmas…
Saving the Murray Darling
THE Murray-Darling Basin is the food bowl of Australia and for years has been considered an ecological disaster. Later this year the Australian government will release a plan that is supposed to place the Murray-Darling on a sustainable environmental … [Read more...] about Saving the Murray Darling
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
