A prolonged drought in Australia's Murray-Darling river system is worsening and the country's main food bowl may forever be changed by accelerating climate warming.
Government officials said on Thursday that despite good autumn rains, June inflows into the river basin were the lowest in more than a century. Dry weather is plunging more rural areas into drought. The Murray-Darling, an area the size of Spirited Murray falls to Almagro ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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