CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 27 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release:

The Murray-Darling Basin is virtually certain to become hotter, rainfall likely to become more variable, and droughts very likely to become more frequent and severe, a new publication from the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has found.

The MDBA has today released the 2025 Murray-Darling Basin Outlook - a forward-looking assessment showing how climate change could shape the values of the Basin by 2050 under existing management arrangements.

The Basin Outlook draws on the latest scientific evidence from the 2025 Sustainable Yields project providing a critical input to the Basin Plan Review to be completed in 2026.

The 2025 Sustainable Yields...