Drought catastrophe stalks Australia's food bowl
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MOULAMEIN, Australia  - A thin winter green carpets Australia's southeast hills and plains, camouflaging the onset of a drought catastrophe in the nation's food bowl.
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Australia's drought-hit farmers must embrace change to cope with climate change, including considering the increased use of genetically modified crops, Agriculture Minister Tony Burke said Thursday.
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Australians battled both fires and some of the worst flooding in decades Monday that stranded residents in several communities after days of intense summer heat and storms.
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Fields of wheat, durum and barley in the Dakotas this dry summer will never end up as pasta, bread or beer. What is left of the stifled crops has been salvaged to feed livestock struggling on pastures where hot winds blow clouds of dirt from dried-out ponds.
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Australia's deadliest bushfires for 22 years left nine people dead and dozens injured as firefighters fought to control blazes raging in two states and threatening a third.
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HELENA, Mont., July 6 -- If a record-breaking heat wave doesn't lift soon, cattle rancher Sharon McDonald may see her hay crop turn to dust.
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Australian locust fighters are getting on top of one of the worst outbreaks of the insects in decades, knocking out infestations before they begin to swarm and so far protecting crops from major damage.
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A deluge has created the conditions for an extended famine and taken the areaÂs woes to a whole new level.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  CANBERRA, Australia - An Australian state plans to introduce recycled sewage to its drinking water as a record drought threatens water supplies around the nation, a state leader said today.
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Southern Africa faces major challenges to feed its swelling populations and to keep its wells from running dry, a study showed Wednesday.
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Hunger and grief stalked Indonesia&#39;s devastated Aceh province yesterday as officials tried to reach remote areas where tens of thousands were thought to have died
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Drought conditions in Brisbane, Australia, could leave Queensland with the highest percentage of recycled water of any place in the world.
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YENDA, Australia  - The winding lines of shipping containers outside Casella Wines may mark the high-point of Australia's A$3 billion wine export market as drought and possible climate shift bite.
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OLD ADAMINABY, Australia  - Drowned 50 years ago for progress and the promise of near limitless water, the town of Old Adaminaby has re-emerged from its sunken grave as drought ravages one of Australia's biggest lakes.
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Surging floodwaters forced scores of people to evacuate their homes in northeastern Australia on Monday, officials said, as farmers described heavy rains as a mixed blessing after years of drought.
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Australia pledged extra aid Tuesday for struggling farmers as the worst drought in a century slashes crop production and threatens to devastate rural communities.
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Science & environment: Demand for food in refugee camps is leading to an unprecedented massacre of local wildlife, new reports claim. Stuart Coles investigates