2009Oct27: AUS$150 billion worth of Australian property is at risk from rising sea levels and more frequent storms due to climate change, according to a report from the House Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts (Guardian.co.uk).
Reference: Guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/27/rising-sea-levels-australia-beaches
Read the House Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts report http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ccwea/coastalzone/report.htm#chapters
Image Description: Four Mile Beach, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Malcolmj, 2004Nov12. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Port_douglas_qld_australia.jpg Image Permission: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License.
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