World’s water supplies are shrinking - News conference
Venue: Theatre 8, Level 6, UNSW City Centre Campus, 1 O’Connell St, Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
Start Date: Thu 13 Dec 2018 Start Time: 0900
End Date: Thu 13 Dec 2018 End Time: 0945
Climate change results of global significance, collected over the past few years by researchers at the University of New South Wales, will be discussed at a news conference in Sydney.
The research will show evidence that drought-like conditions are becoming more commonplace, and likely worsen in the years ahead. The research has identified the localised mechanisms driving this effect, and a way to predict how this global drying will unfold as the climate warms.
Evidence will also be shown that global warming has caused storms to change behaviour, leading to more intense downpours that quickly overwhelm stormwater infrastructure and create flooding in urban areas.
To cope, major investments will need to be made to re-engineer farms and cities – in some places, similar in scope to the Snowy Mountain Scheme. The researchers will call for a national conversation on the implications for Australia.
The results of these global studies, the most exhaustive ever undertaken, rely on actual data rather than climate modelling. They show that both of these effects – driven by global warming – will have serious consequences for cities and rural areas in Australia and around the world.
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Organisation: The University of New South Wales
Topic: Environment / Climate / Energy; Society / Lifestyle; Tech / Engineering / Space; Rural / Agricultural; Business / Politics