Australia should prepare for ‘megadroughts’: Report
NEW DELHI: New research from the Australian National University suggests that Australia should prepare itself for ‘megadroughts‘ lasting over 20 years due to human-induced global heating. These megadroughts, defined as prolonged periods of below-average rainfall, have recurred every 150 to 1,000 years in the continent’s history. Dr Georgy Falster, the lead researcher, pointed out that … Read more
