Damien Enright: Man is killing the planet, but can his ingenuity save it?

BATS in their thousands are falling from the trees, a million dead fish are floating belly-up in the river, skeletal wild horses lie desiccated in the dust. There are dead camels, dead donkeys; death everywhere. This is climate change as manifest in Australia, says Damien Enright.

A granddaughter, presently roaming there with her partner, told me that crocodiles were leaving the flooded swamps and wandering into Townsville, where she’s camping. There are crocs stalking the night streets. It’s horror film, doomsday stuff.