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Going forward, the study's authors said phosphorus pollution from agriculture needs better prevention and mitigation, which will be a challenge, especially as wetter storms drive increased rainfall and river flows.

"As natural habitats adapted to these controlled burnings, we see the expansion of fire-adapted species such as Eucalyptus, primarily on the wetter, eastern side of the Bass Strait islands," said Adeleye.

While sales of summer shoe styles were washed out by wetter weather, "we had a very encouraging start to sales of our Autumn/Winter ranges," it said.

The size of the population and its concentration in cities have both risen while the weather is getting wetter.

The warm ocean temperatures in parts of the north Pacific may raise the likelihood of “potentially more wetter storms that could impact the West Coast,” Gottschalck said.