Climate could kill you, Outback towns are told

Independent: Climate change could transform the Australian outback, wiping dozens of small towns off the map, according to a new report commissioned by the federal government. With many rural towns struggling to survive, climate change – expected to make much of inland Australia hotter and drier – could be the final straw, warns the report by the government's National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. Not only will the changes affect quality of life, with summer temperatures becoming insufferable,...

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