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Environment
Abe Maddison

Rethink urged as climate change shakes home foundations

More extreme weather is helping to make home insurance more expensive, research suggests. (Nuno Avendano/AAP PHOTOS)

House foundations will crack, pipes burst and roads buckle as climate change magnifies natural movements in the ground.

That is according to research by the University of South Australia showing the expansion and contraction of certain clay soils during wet and dry spells is becoming more severe and widespread.

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