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What Australia Can Teach the World about Surviving Drought
Posted by ClimateWire: Brittany Patterson on May 28th, 2015
ClimateWire: From 1997 to 2009, Australia faced the worst drought in the country's recorded history. In Melbourne, a city of 4.3 million people located in southeastern Australia, water levels dropped to an all-time low capacity of 25.6 percent before the drought eased.
Despite the dire situation, the city reduced water demand per capita by almost 50 percent by implementing a slew of policies and programs.
The actions taken in Melbourne can be used as a road map for water-stressed places around the world,...
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Australia Farmers Challenged by Climate Change
Posted by ClimateWire: Brittany Patterson on March 19th, 2015
ClimateWire: From tasteless carrots to sunburned apples, a new report by two University of Melbourne researchers paints a challenging picture for Australia's agricultural sector and the impacts of climate change in the decades to come.
Through the examination of 55 food commodities and a breakdown of the ways each of the country's multiple climate regions will be affected by climate change, the study concludes the quality of beef, chicken and even kangaroo will suffer.
The biggest challenge to come from...