Author(s): Chris Hammer

Science & Natural History

Australia's major river system, the Murray-Darling, is collapsing. Parts of it are dying; parts of it are already dead. This was the Murray-Darling that Chris Hammer found in 2009 as he drove along the river. In The River, he tells stories of the environment, and sees first-hand the effects of climate change, drought and mismanagement on the land.