Australia’s Darling River is running dry
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Australia’s Darling River is running dry
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#2> Drought is weighing on economic growth, and the dire conditions have prompted Australia, a major wheat exporter, to import the grain for the first time in 12 years.
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#3Here's some background information: The Darling River at Menindee (the town mentioned in the article) dried up 48 times between 1885 and 1960.
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#4Meanwhile we're still voting in governments that don't believe in climate change and which fight tooth and nail to destroy any chance of addressing the problem. No worries giving endless buckets of taxpayer money to climate-denying farmers and coal plants, though.
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#5Can this, by any chance, be averted by planting eco diverse forests??
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#6Can this, by any chance, be averted by planting eco diverse forests??
You'd have to shut down the over-grazing first.
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#7Can this, by any chance, be averted by planting eco diverse forests??
The article touches on the cause. Planting trees won't help if you use the available water for other things.
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#8If only it was somehow possible to charge more for water, so that people would use less.
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#9Here's some background information: The Darling River at Menindee (the town mentioned in the article) dried up 48 times between 1885 and 1960.
Are you driving towards the conclusion that we don't need to be concerned about management of water resources because this happens naturally?
That sounds close to the argument that we shouldn't do anything about climate change since the Earth naturally warms and cools.
Re: Australia’s Darling River is running dry
#10Here's some background information: The Darling River at Menindee (the town mentioned in the article) dried up 48 times between 1885 and 1960.
Did it dry up during the "dry" season as could be reasonably expected for a river in a desert region? What is the current situation? Is it dry during the "wet" season?