Climate change in Australia

‘Angry’ Australian Summer Weather Smashes Records

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Australia endured a summer of record-breaking extremes, scientists said on Wednesday, with climate change tipped to increase the frequency and severity of such phenomena. Intense heatwaves, bushfires and flooding plagued the December-February summer season with more than 200 records broken over 90 days, the independent Climate Council said in a report. “Climate change — driven … Read more

Australia Warns of ‘catastrophic’ Fire Conditions Amid Heatwave

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Eastern Australia was bracing for severe “off the scale” fire conditions on Sunday as it baked in a heatwave that has broken temperature records and sparked dire warnings from authorities. While bushfires are common in Australia’s arid summer, climate change has pushed up land and sea temperatures and led to more extremely hot days and … Read more