Recent emphasis in the community and the press has been on human- induced long term climate change. Much effort has therefore been expended in determining existing evidence of climate change. However, any observed climate trends need to be treated with great caution as they may well reflect changes due to natural climate variability rather than man-made climate change. Moreover, climate variability will have a much greater effect on the year to year operation and planning of rangeland agriculture. The variability of climate is a critical feature of rangeland and arid areas. This poster presentation aims to show some of the ways that variability data can be used to give useful climate information for planning purposes.
Full-text publications from the Australian Rangelands Society (ARS) Biennial Conference Proceedings (1997-), Rangeland Journal (ARS/CSIRO; 1976-), plus videos and other resources about the rangelands of Australia.