Dry west Declines in rainfall over south-west Australia over the last 40 years are linked to greenhouse gases and ozone depletion, new climate models show. And the trend is likely to continue ...

Projections in the study, published in online journal Nature Geoscience, suggest that autumn and winter rainfall in south-west Australia may drop by up to 40 per cent by the end of the century.

A golden wattle plant in bloom in Australia's Western Desert Horst Mahr / Getty Images Each spring across Australia, its native golden wattle plants (Acacia pycnantha Benth.) burst into bloom in ...