The re-greening of east coast Australian rivers: An unprecedented riparian transformation

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 810; p. 151309
• Main Authors: Cohen, Tim J., Suesse, Thomas, Reinfelds, Ivars, Zhang, Nuosha, Fryirs, Kirstie, Chisholm, Laurie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Australia; Climate; coasts; drainage; drought; Droughts; Ecosystem; environment; Flood transmission; La Nina; land use; NDVI; New South Wales; normalized difference vegetation index; regression analysis; Riparian vegetation; Rivers; stream flow; Streamflow; Australia; New South Wales; Streamflow; NDVI; Flood transmission; Riparian vegetation

Eastern Australia has a climate characterised by extreme variability and the occurrence of multiple years of drought conditions. Arguably one of the severest droughts on record – the Big Dry ended in many areas with the La Niña of 2009/2010. A succession of subsequent dry years brought a return to d...