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IMG_2415_restrictions.jpg A farmers watering hole on a farm near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, almost dried up. Victoria and New South Wales have been gripped by the worst drought in living memory for the last 15 years. River levels have dropped, water holes have dried up and stocking rates on many farms have dropped as the land can no longer support as many beasts.
 
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IMG_3229_reservoir.jpg Most of Victoria and New South Wales in Australia has been in the grip of an unprecedented drought for the last ten years. River levels have dropped and reservoirs are at a fraction of their capacity. Lake Hume is the largest reservoir in Australia and was set up to provide irrigation water for farms further down the Murray Basin and drinking water for Adelaide. On the day this photograph was taken it was at 19.6% capacity. By the end of the summer of 2009 it dropped to 2.1 % capacity. Such impacts of the drought are liekly to worsen as a result of climate change.
 
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IMG_3285_ranch.jpg Cattle on parched land near Lake Hume in New South Wales, Australia. Many farms in the area have seen their stocking rates fall by over 40% as the land can no longer grow enough grass to feed the cattle as a result of the prolonged drought.
 
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IMG_3290_dessicated.jpg Cattle on parched land near Lake Hume in New South Wales, Australia. Many farms in the area have seen their stocking rates fall by over 40% as the land can no longer grow enough grass to feed the cattle as a result of the prolonged drought. In the background the forest has been burnt out by a bush fire also becoming more common due to the drought.
 
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IMG_5223_water shortage.jpg A farmers watering hole on a farm near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, almost dried up. Victoria and New South Wales have been gripped by the worst drought in living memory for the last 15 years. River levels have dropped, water holes have dried up and stocking rates on many farms have dropped as the land can no longer support as many beasts.
 
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IMG_5424_water rationing.jpg A farmers watering hole on a farm near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, totally dried up. Victoria and New South Wales have been gripped by the worst drought in living memory for the last 15 years. River levels have dropped, water holes have dried up and stocking rates on many farms have dropped as the land can no longer support as many beasts.
 
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IMG_5449_restrictions.jpg A farmers watering hole on a farm near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, almost dried up. Victoria and New South Wales have been gripped by the worst drought in living memory for the last 15 years. River levels have dropped, water holes have dried up and stocking rates on many farms have dropped as the land can no longer support as many beasts.
 
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IMG_3197_water restrictions.jpg Most of Victoria and New South Wales in Australia has been in the grip of an unprecedented drought for the last ten years. River levels have dropped and reservoirs are at a fraction of their capacity. Lake Hume is the largest reservoir in Australia and was set up to provide irrigation water for farms further down the Murray Basin and drinking water for Adelaide. On the day this photograph was taken it was at 19.6% capacity. By the end of the summer of 2009 it dropped to 2.1 % capacity. Such impacts of the drought are liekly to worsen as a result of climate change.
 
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IMG_3222_water shortage.jpg Most of Victoria and New South Wales in Australia has been in the grip of an unprecedented drought for the last ten years. River levels have dropped and reservoirs are at a fraction of their capacity. Lake Hume is the largest reservoir in Australia and was set up to provide irrigation water for farms further down the Murray Basin and drinking water for Adelaide. On the day this photograph was taken it was at 19.6% capacity. By the end of the summer of 2009 it dropped to 2.1 % capacity. Such impacts of the drought are liekly to worsen as a result of climate change.
 
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IMG_5025_swimming pool.jpg A swimming pool on a burnt out house plot in Marysville which was one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria. 173 people were killed and many more left injured and traumatised, with 7000 left homeless. The fires were as a result of a prolonged drought and extreme high temperatures, conditions that are being exaserbated by climate change.
 
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IMG_2423_dessicated.jpg A farmers watering hole on a farm near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, almost dried up. Victoria and New South Wales have been gripped by the worst drought in living memory for the last 15 years. River levels have dropped, water holes have dried up and stocking rates on many farms have dropped as the land can no longer support as many beasts.
 
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IMG_2426_dry.jpg A farmers watering hole on a farm near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, almost dried up. Victoria and New South Wales have been gripped by the worst drought in living memory for the last 15 years. River levels have dropped, water holes have dried up and stocking rates on many farms have dropped as the land can no longer support as many beasts.
 
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IMG_3241_australia.jpg Most of Victoria and New South Wales in Australia has been in the grip of an unprecedented drought for the last ten years. River levels have dropped and reservoirs are at a fraction of their capacity. Lake Hume is the largest reservoir in Australia and was set up to provide irrigation water for farms further down the Murray Basin and drinking water for Adelaide. On the day this photograph was taken it was at 19.6% capacity. By the end of the summer of 2009 it dropped to 2.1 % capacity. Such impacts of the drought are liekly to worsen as a result of climate change.
 
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IMG_4176_water restrictions.jpg Thirlmere reservoir in the Lake District UK, with a hosepipe ban in affect in the North West. United Utilities applied for the drought order, after the driest start to the year since 1929, with less than 50% of normal rainfall. The drought comes hot on the heals of the worst floods that Cumbria has ever seen, when in November 2009, United Utilities had to open the emergency valves to let water out, as the dam was in danger of collapsing when the water reached unprecendented high levels. Climate modelling shows that as the atmosphere warms we are more likely to move to a cycle of flood followed by drought.
 
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IMG_5223_sign.jpg A farmers watering hole on a farm near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, almost dried up. Victoria and New South Wales have been gripped by the worst drought in living memory for the last 15 years. River levels have dropped, water holes have dried up and stocking rates on many farms have dropped as the land can no longer support as many beasts.
 
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IMG_5424_drought.jpg A farmers watering hole on a farm near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, totally dried up. Victoria and New South Wales have been gripped by the worst drought in living memory for the last 15 years. River levels have dropped, water holes have dried up and stocking rates on many farms have dropped as the land can no longer support as many beasts.
 
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IMG_5449_water restrictions.jpg A farmers watering hole on a farm near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, almost dried up. Victoria and New South Wales have been gripped by the worst drought in living memory for the last 15 years. River levels have dropped, water holes have dried up and stocking rates on many farms have dropped as the land can no longer support as many beasts.
 
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IMG_9697_water restrictions.jpg A garden fountain in Holehird Gardens, Windermere, Cumbria, UK.
 
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IMG_4070_water restrictions.jpg A woman in an Ambleside garden in the Lake District uses a garden hose to water the plants on the last day before the introduction of the hosepipe ban, by Water company, UNited Utilities in the North West. The only thing that has kept the garden plants going has been regular watering through the drought. The first 6 months of the year have seen less than 50%  of normal rainfall, the driest start to the year since 1929.
 
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IMG_2846_water restrictions.jpg Signs near Echuca, Australia, about water restrictions and saving water. Victoria nad New South Wales have been hugely affected by the worst drought in living memory as a result of climate change, these droughts are likely to become more frequent and severe.
 
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IMG_2848_water saving.jpg Signs near Echuca, Australia, about water restrictions and saving water. Victoria nad New South Wales have been hugely affected by the worst drought in living memory as a result of climate change, these droughts are likely to become more frequent and severe.
 
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IMG_2930_murray darling.jpg A map of the Murray River, Australia's most important river that has been impacted by drought leading to low river levels for the last 12 years.
 
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IMG_2932_flood levels.jpg A marker showing flood levels on the Murray River at the port of Echuca, Australia. An unprecedented drought has resulted in much lower river levels on the Murray. The Murray used to flood every winter, but partly due to the drought and partly due to dams upstream, it last flooded 20 years ago.
 
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IMG_5692_plastic grass.jpg Victoria and New South Wales have been gripped by a desperate drought for the last 15 years, leading to water shortages. These new houses in Echuca have been designed with plastic grass lawns as it is simply too expensive to water the lawns, or water restrictions don't allow lawn watering to help conserve water
 
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IMG_5700_drought.jpg Victoria and New South Wales have been gripped by a desperate drought for the last 15 years, leading to water shortages. These new houses in Echuca have been designed with plastic grass lawns as it is simply too expensive to water the lawns, or water restrictions don't allow lawn watering to help conserve water
 
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IMG_5705_water shortage.jpg Victoria and New South Wales have been gripped by a desperate drought for the last 15 years, leading to water shortages. These new houses in Echuca have been designed with plastic grass lawns as it is simply too expensive to water the lawns, or water restrictions don't allow lawn watering to help conserve water
 
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IMG_5770_flood levels.jpg A marker showing flood levels on the Murray River at the port of Echuca, Australia. An unprecedented drought has resulted in much lower river levels on the Murray. The Murray used to flood every winter, but partly due to the drought and partly due to dams upstream, it last flooded 20 years ago.
 
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IMG_7367_water restrictions.jpg A garden centre in Hawthron, Melbourne, Australia that is part of the state water saving initiative. Much of Victoria and New South Wales have been badly affected by a prolonged drought, that is likely to get worse as climate change accelerates.
 
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IMG_7373_drought.jpg A garden centre in Hawthron, Melbourne, Australia that is part of the state water saving initiative. Much of Victoria and New South Wales have been badly affected by a prolonged drought, that is likely to get worse as climate change accelerates.
 
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IMG_7410_recycled water.jpg Signs in Melbourne about reclaimed water usage. Much of Victoria and New South Wales have been badly affected by a prolonged drought, that is likely to get worse as climate change accelerates.
 
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IMG_8915_water shortage.jpg A garden centre in Hawthron, Melbourne, Australia that is part of the state water saving initiative. Much of Victoria and New South Wales have been badly affected by a prolonged drought, that is likely to get worse as climate change accelerates.
 
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IMG_8923_water saving.jpg A garden centre in Hawthron, Melbourne, Australia that is part of the state water saving initiative. Much of Victoria and New South Wales have been badly affected by a prolonged drought, that is likely to get worse as climate change accelerates.
 
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