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SCI 9 - Australian Environmental Issues: Books & Articles
Salinity is one of Australia's biggest environmental problems. A build-up of salt in the soil, waterways and ground water is damaging Australia's landscape making it difficult for vegetation to survive and grow.
Why is Australia experiencing a water crisis, and why is it important to conserve and recycle as much water as we can? This book explores the problem of water shortage, as well as explaining the methods being considered to solve Australia's supply issues for the future.
Pollution can come from nature, but is mostly produced by humans. It is a problem that requires rapid solutions due to the growing human population and the increase in size of cities.
In Australia, the natural disasters that play an unpredictable part in all our lives are drought, fires, tropical cyclones, floods and, to a lesser extent, earthquakes. This book explores the impact that these events have had on Australia.
The main threats to wetlands in New South Wales are:
- river regulation and water diversion
- development and catchment disturbance
- introduction of weeds and pest animals
- climate change.
The scientific literature is awash with research documenting plastics of all sizes in every environment that’s been studied – from the deep ocean to both the Arctic and Antarctic. An epidemic of plastic pollution is attacking Australia’s beaches, waterways and oceans, and the animals that live there.
Under climate change, rainfall will become more unpredictable. Extreme weather events such as cyclones will be more intense. This will challenge water managers already struggling to respond to Australia’s natural boom and bust of droughts and floods.
Expanding numbers of feral horses roaming the Australian Alps – which are listed as a national heritage site – threaten the alp’s ecosystems, soils and unique species. More feral horses is also an animal welfare issue, as horses face starvation during droughts and have been hit by cars in Kosciuszko.
Australia’s relative success in stopping the spread of COVID-19 is largely due governments taking expert advice on a complex problem. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of decisions on projects that threaten the environment – most notably, Adani’s Carmichael coal mine.
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