Well, this is just fantastic. I'm sure the farmers suffering another drought in Australia, and the people living in the South Pacific whose islands are disappearing under rising sea levels are very grateful.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/06/03/MN215596.DTL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/06/03/MN215596.DTL