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 Stories About: Australia AND severe weather AND United States AND climate AND climate science
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Australia faces the 'permanent dry,' as do we
Drought predicted to spread across Australia and the United States |
Joseph Romm |
06 Sep 2007 |
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| The story of Australia's worst dry spell in a thousand years continues to astound. Last year we learned, 'One farmer takes his life every four days.' This year over half of Australia's agricultural land is in a declared drought. How bad is it? One Australian newspaper is reporting: Drought will become a redundant term as Australia plans for a permanently drier future, according to the nation's urban water industries chief ... 'The urban water industry ha ... |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, climate science, severe weather, United States (all these topics) |
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