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Times LIVE: Climate change is likely to increase the threat invasive alien Acacia plants, including wattles, rooikrans and Port Jackson, pose to South Africa's already highly stressed water supply. In a written reply to a parliamentary question, tabled on Friday, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said recent studies showed some Acacia species could respond to warmer conditions by developing stronger, deeper root systems, which sucked up more water. "The research on ......
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Climate change boosts invasive alien threat
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 8th, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation