Why is Australia so overwhelmingly dry when nearby places like Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Tasmania are all so wet and lush?
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Farming and mining is also responsible for a lot of damage to the Australian environment. Land clearance and intensive farming techniques have damaged the water table and result in more heat being reflected from dry soil rather than absorbed by foliage. Water is also redirected artificially and inefficiently to water crops like cotton and rice that have been introduced inappropriately.
Australians also create more carbon emissions per capita than anywhere else in the world.
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