a river has been doing 40% of this country's job for free and we're only now noticing it's quiet quitting

Alarm bell over shrinking river that grows 40% of Australia's food

Australia's Murray-Darling Basin, which produces roughly 40 per cent of the country's food, is shrinking, and scientists are warning the decline threatens national food supply. The river system has been under pressure from drought, irrigation extraction and climate change. Researchers say the warning signs have been visible for years while governments and industry have failed to act. What happens next depends on whether water allocations are cut before the river can no longer support the farmland that depends on it.

Source: Alarm bell over shrinking river that grows 40% of Australia's food — nine.com.au

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Topics: australia · murraydarling · watercrisis · farming · climatechange · agriculture · sustainability