Is man or nature at fault for Queensland floods?
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 13:34
in Earth & Climate
This week's flooding in Queensland is yet another reminder of the destructive power of nature. Globally the costs of natural disasters are increasing rapidly, fuelled by societal changes such as increases in population, wealth and inflation, not climate change. Across different natural hazards and jurisdictions, some 22 separate peer-reviewed studies of weather-related natural disaster events now attest to this fact say Macquarie University's John McAneney and Kevin Roche.