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Australia: On the frontline of climate change

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Scientists are warning that under the effect of climate change the Murray-Darling Basin, which produces half of Australia's fresh produce, is drying up, reports the UK-based Independent.

"Australia is extremely vulnerable. Global warming is going to have an extraordinarily detrimental effect on us, more than on any other developed nation," said Professor Anne Henderson-Sellers, research fellow at Sydney's Macquarie University.

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Hazards Drought
Themes Climate change Governance Water Social impacts and social resilience
Country and region Australia

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