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"Extreme weather events including torrential downpours, searing heat and
dangerous bushfire conditions are all getting worse across Australia, with even
more challenging events to come, according to the latest snapshot of the
nation’s climate.
The continent is now 1.47C hotter than it was in 1910 and sea levels around the
coastline are rising at an accelerating rate, according to the 2022
State of
the Climate report, a series released every second year.
Many of the changes are being driven by rising levels of greenhouse gases in
the atmosphere caused mostly by the burning of fossil fuels.
The report, published by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, provides a
snapshot of changes on land and ocean, including temperature, rainfall, storms
and droughts.
The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, said the report was “sobering
reading” and the science minister, Ed Husic, said it “reinforces the urgent
need for action on climate change”.
Research director of the Climate Science Centre at CSIRO, Jaci Brown, said:
“There are no surprises here and the story hasn’t changed. It’s happening, it’s
serious and we need to do something about it.”
The UN’s latest round of climate talks in Egypt ended last week with no
meaningful progress to accelerate global action to cut emissions."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
