Epic Rainfall Turns Australia’s Outback Into a Vast Wetland Network

After two particularly wet years, large ephemeral lakes in the Barkly Tableland region of Northern Australia were still flooded as the 2024–2025 rainy season got underway. Consecutive seasons of heavy rainfall have transformed the ephemeral lakes of Australia’s Barkly Tableland, with Tarrabool and Sylvester Lakes expanding significantly, evidenced by satellite data from NASA’s MODIS. The [...]