Posted by: sustainadelic
on 04 Aug, 2011
A recent article in The Guardian looks at how climate - in the form of drought and food shortages - has been a critical factor driving the Arab Spring.
Posted by: Rich Bowden
on 23 Jul, 2011
Despite being two years away from an official federal election, the government’s knife edge majority has seen us move to an apparent permanent election footing. However while hard hat-wearing, baby kissing politicians are becoming more visible on our news screens, quality policy discussions on vital infrastructure issues appear to have taken a permanent back seat in favour of the personal political attacks, soundbites and slogans so favoured by our media.
Posted by: sustainadelic
on 04 Feb, 2011
Instead, according to a new report in the journal Science, it was the Amazon rainforest, courtesy of a devastating drought that resulted in billions of trees dying. As they rot, the trees release vast quantities of carbon dioxide. The 2010 drought follows a similar "once-in-a-century" drought in 2005.
Posted by:
on 25 Apr, 2009
Adelaide is facing the prospect of
having no water supply within two years, following six years of drought, the worse dry spell ever and forecasts of more of the same. The Murray-Darling river system, which supplies all Adelaide's water as well as irrigating Australia's agricultural breadbasket, is down to 18 per cent of capacity.
As the article says, the Murray currently holds 940 gigalitres of water. Although only 350 gigalitres are required to meet current water demand, evaporation means 1000 gigalitres is required to transport that 350 gigalitres along the river.
