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With El Niño looming, urgent environmental action is needed to protect sites like the Coorong, experts warn

A dry lake bed is a familiar sight in Australia, which experiences climate extremes.  (Supplied: Mal Carnegie)

Parts of Australia could be gearing up for another drought, following the prediction of an El Niño event developing this winter, just months after major floods swept across the south-east of the country.

It's prompted experts across the Murray-Darling Basin to call for action to be taken to protect iconic environmental sites, such as the internationally recognised Coorong, from a warming climate.

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