Record-low rainfall in some regions and successive seasons of above-average temperatures have blighted vast tracts of Australia's grazing and crop land.
[...] as grain silos in the south are emptied, desperate owners are being forced to slaughter animals, even if it means it will take years for herds to recover.
[...] The ground in drought-hit regions has dried out to such a depth that it is even killing large trees.
[...] The current dry period is not as extensive as the Millennium drought of 1997-2005, which devastated nearly 50 percent of the country's agricultural land and was associated with two El NiƱo systems, which bring hot, dry weather to Australia.
(Score: 1) by Paradise Pete on Wednesday August 08 2018, @05:31PM (1 child)
Isn't that a Steven Wright Joke [youtu.be]?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday August 08 2018, @07:01PM
Unless Steven Wright told the joke at 9 years of age, I think chances are it's an 1964-old Bernard Food joke adapted by Steven Wright. Or sorta "parallel evolution".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford