Farmers in Western Australia s south-west corner are adapting to a life with less water
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South-west WA is experiencing some of the greatest declines in rainfall anywhere in the world.
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When it comes to rainfall, south-west Western Australia has been hit by climate change harder than almost anywhere on earth, according to climatologist Pandora Hope from the Bureau of Meteorology.
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The declining rainfall has seen up to 80 per cent declines in runoff into dams
Farmers are adapting to the changing conditions, shifting from livestock to crops as needed South-west Western Australia was very much one of the first places to really see the shift that we expect with global warming, so it s had one of the biggest changes compared to many places in the world, she said.