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 Stories About: Australia AND climate AND climate change impacts AND desertification
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Australia's great drought
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Jason D Scorse |
29 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The Economist has a great article on Australia's crippling drought. If this is what global warming is likely to bring Australia, we should pay attention and hopefully learn something about how best to cope. |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, climate change impacts, desertification, water conflicts (all these topics) |
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Australia's 'food bowl' running dry
And their PM is still in denial |
Joseph Romm |
27 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Australian Prime Minister John Howard is in a sticky, yet dry, situation. Even though a drought has caused Australia's agricultural production to fall 25 percent in the last year, Howard may have to ban irrigation so that urban centers can have drinking water. The targeted river basin, the Murray-Darling, is known as Australia's 'food bowl' because it houses 72 percent of Australia's farm and pasture land. If insufficient rain continues through the next few weeks, ... |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, climate change impacts, desertification (all these topics) |
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