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SLUG: FO/AUSTRALIA DATE: 10/21/09 CREDIT: Linda Davidson / staff/ The Washington Post via Getty Images LOCATION: Younghusband, South Australia, Australia CAPTION: Advance story on the topic of climate change, global warming, around the globe. Parts of Australia are already experiencing global warming. The great Murray Darling Basin that feeds Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria is drying up. PICTURED: Water from the Murray no longer flows below lock one and the sea chocking off the livelihoods of many farmers and business owners downstream. One of them is Kia Marina Houseboat Hire owner Peter Jarratt and his wife Margaret Claassen (not pictured). The marina is now all but dry and rental houseboats along the riverbanks are incredibly difficult to launch due to very shallow riverbanks. Jarratt's income has plummeted 40-50%. (Jarratt in the marina where private house boats were not removed by the time it dried up).