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"Fire. Flood. Fire and flood together. Double-whammy storms. Unprecedented
rainfall. Heatwaves. Climate change is making some of Australia’s weather more
extreme. In 2023, the country was hit by a broad range of particularly intense
events, with economy-wide impacts. Winter was the warmest in a record going
back to 1910, while we had the driest September since at least 1900.
We often see extreme weather as distinct events in the news. But it can be
useful to look at what’s happening over the year.
Today, more than 30 of Australia’s leading climate scientists released a report
analysing ten major weather events in 2023, from early fires to low snowpack to
compound events.
Can we say how much climate change contributed to these events? Not yet. It
normally takes several years of research before we can clearly say what role
climate change played. But the longer term trends are well established – more
frequent, more intense heatwaves over most of Australia, marine heatwave days
more than doubling over the last century, and short, intense rainfall events
intensifying in some areas."
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
