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posted by martyb on Wednesday August 08 2018, @04:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the What-CAN-be-done? dept.

Reuters reports:

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Thursday August 09 2018, @07:24AM

    by Reziac (2489) on Thursday August 09 2018, @07:24AM (#719280) Homepage

    ....they were complaining about the flooding.

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-26/100-years-of-drought/5282030?pfm=ms [abc.net.au]

    This is normal Australia -- if you don't like the climate, wait five years, it'll flip-flop.

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    And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
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