<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[An Important Message From Australia&#8217;s Top&nbsp;Scientist]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>January 4, 2008</p>
<p><strong>This drought may never break</strong></p>
<p>IT MAY be time to stop describing south-eastern Australia as gripped by drought and instead accept the extreme dry as permanent, one of the nation’s most senior weather experts warned yesterday.</p>
<p><strong>“Perhaps we should call it our new climate,” said the Bureau of Meteorology’s head of climate analysis, David Jones.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/this-drought-may-never-break/2008/01/03/1198949986473.html">This drought may never break – Environment – smh.com.au</a></p></blockquote>
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