Search results for: gully erosion

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4 October 2024

GBR water quality targets can be achieved with gully remediation

Study demonstrates significant reduction in sediment run-off via large-scale remediation of alluvial gullies.  

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5 May 2023
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29 March 2019

Research Impact: Tackling water quality threats to the Great Barrier Reef

Griffith researchers have demonstrated that bank and gully erosion contributes more than 90 per cent of sediment loads to the GBR in many catchments.

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23 November 2015
Large alluvial gullies can produce tens of thousands of tonnes of sediment that flow into the Great Barrier Reef each year

Solution at hand for saving Great Barrier Reef

After six years of intensive field work, a team from Griffith University's Australian Rivers Institute can unveil a solution to tackle alluvial gully erosion and thus significantly improve the water quality of the ailing Great Barrier Reef.

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1 April 2019
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31 August 2017
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28 July 2017
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23 June 2016

Research leads to Great Barrier Reef rescue purchase

A leading Griffith research team has provided the science behind a bold government decision to buy up grazing land in an effort to protect the Great Barrier Reef from sediment run-off.

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1 August 2024

Statement confirms land-based impacts on reef water quality and ecosystem

Griffith researchers among more than 200 experts to give key input into GBR report.

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13 April 2017

After back-to-back bleaching, Cyclone Debbie sludge hits Reef waters

Ex-Cyclone Debbie dumped rain in an erosion hot spot in the Burdekin catchment estimated to generate nearly a third of all the sediment that flows to the Great Barrier Reef.

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