‘Ecosystems are collapsing’: one of Australia’s longest rivers has lost more than half its water in one section, research shows

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buttonsbrigade@reddit

Who cares. Nothing matters. We are in the end times and Trump will put the world on a speed run to the end.

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Bria_Ruwaa_White@reddit

Sounds like schizophrenia lol only God knows when the end of times is, and the world doesn't revolve around USA

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TheRealKison@reddit

Doesn't revolve your or anyone's "god" either. I'm calling projection on the schizophrenia there bub.

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bearbarebere@reddit

If you think the new admin isn’t about to fuck up the global climate worse than before you need to do some research.

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TheRealKison@reddit

I say calm down, it's too late to fix the climate. Find peace. Enjoy what is left as more slips away. The future that you thought you were going to have was stolen 40 years ago.

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SpongederpSquarefap@reddit

I mean we were already done, but there was a small glimmer of hope

That's gone now - basically try to enjoy things as they are right now because they won't be like this in 10 years

And you definitely won't like the world 20 years from now

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AGENT86-99@reddit

Bought a pack today .. zero complaints.And this is the song I'm playing on the sinking ship called Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkcoyBmR_t8&t=8

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No_Good_8561@reddit

I stopped because you know, “I’m killing myself doing this” but like, does that even matter anymore?

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Look people need to stop being so ridiculous. Okay look yes we've dammed up all the water. But look it's science mate okay. We take all the water from the natural system and then it just gets replaced. For some unknowable reason our overconsumption of a limited resources will cause more evaporation in the ocean and provide us (way the fuck inland) with more water. Okay it's just happens, the water just comes from somewhere to replace the water we took and fed into crops (lots of cotton. We love cotton here in Aus.) Can't eat it, but the little Asian fellas make a nice t-shirt from it. The we buy it never wear it and throw it in landfill.

Fuck I love this country.

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PsudoGravity@reddit

"This kills the fish"

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Far_Out_6and_2@reddit

Do they still grow rice there Love Australian brown rice at cosco

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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Portalrules123:

SS: Related to collapse as a mixture of dams, irrigation, and climate change has caused the Murrumbidgee, one of Australia’s longest rivers, to lose more than half of its water since 1988. Various floodplains along the river depend on regular inundation for ecosystem health, so a dramatic reduction in water such as this is causing ecosystems to collapse. Expect more and more rivers to dry up around the world as our exploitation of the water cycle and climate change both accelerate.

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Portalrules123@reddit (OP)

SS: Related to collapse as a mixture of dams, irrigation, and climate change has caused the Murrumbidgee, one of Australia’s longest rivers, to lose more than half of its water since 1988. Various floodplains along the river depend on regular inundation for ecosystem health, so a dramatic reduction in water such as this is causing ecosystems to collapse. Expect more and more rivers to dry up around the world as our exploitation of the water cycle and climate change both accelerate.