Flooding rains, ocean gains: How a huge Murray flood gave the sea a feast (opens in new tab)

For decades, the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin have been heavily regulated by dams and irrigation networks. As a result, the volume of water entering the ocean is about 60% smaller than 100 years ago. But nature broke through during massive floods over the summer of 2022–23, when heavy rains filled the basin's waterways.