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"Last year was the world’s third warmest on record, underscoring a trend
already fuelling destructive fires and floods in Australia in the early days of
2026.
Official confirmation from respected climate monitoring outfit Copernicus puts
2025 marginally behind 2023 and 0.13C cooler than 2024, which hangs on as the
hottest year on record.
In 2025, the global surface air temperature was 1.47C above the pre-industrial
level, with temperatures now averaging above 1.5C – the agreed limit set by
signatories of the
Paris Agreement – for three years running.
The global climate pact has not yet been exceeded as it relies on
longer-running trends.
But if warming continues as expected, the 1.5C benchmark could be reached by
the 2030s – more than a decade earlier than first predicted when the landmark
pact was signed.
In Australia, 2025 was tarnished by record-high ocean temperatures, driving
widespread coral bleaching off the Western Australian coast and in the Great
Barrier Reef.
Elevated ocean temperatures were also thought to have contributed to the
intensity and rainfall extremes brought by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred as it
barrelled through southeast Queensland and northern NSW.
Griffith University Emeritus professor of science, technology and society Ian
Lowe said that since the 1980s, scientists had been warning of both increases
in average temperatures as well as more frequent and severe extreme weather
events.
“At the moment, we’re seeing appalling bushfires in Victoria and appalling
flooding in Queensland,” he told
AAP.
“And this is exactly what the science has been telling us.”"
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
