Water Crisis Deepens on South Australia’s Limestone Coast
Nearly 200 years of land alteration and a drying climate ravage South Australia’s Limestone Coast, depleting groundwater reserves and collapsing globally significant ecosystems.
The situation has been referred to as a ‘green drought’, where the use of groundwater by irrigators can mask the impacts of a dry spell above the surface. It is through the regions’ sinkholes, often described as ‘windows to the aquifer’, that the true extent of the crisis is revealed.
Story and visuals for the Guardian Australia.
