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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 15 > Cautionary tale of climate change?

Cautionary tale of climate change?

Plagued by drought, fires and flooding, Australia may be a harbinger of global problems to come

By Julie Cart / The Bulletin
April 15, 2009

MURRAY-DARLING BASIN, Australia — Frank Eddy, his hands as dry and cracked as the orchards he tends, explained what damage a decade of drought has done.

“Suicide is high. Depression is huge. Families are breaking up. It’s devastation,” he said.....

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