10 January, 2013

Australia's heatwave reaches Great Britain


Australia’s present heatwave is of sufficient intensity to have reached Great Britain.

George Monbiot.
A recent edition of the Guardian newspaper included an article by George Monbiot headed: “Heatwave: Australia's new weather demands a new politics”.

In the article Monbiot takes on Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, asking what he would say now that the country is being ravaged by a record heatwave,

Mr Abbott has repeatedly questioned the science and impacts of climate change, insisting that "the science is highly contentious, to say the least" and demonstrates what some say is a wilful ignorance.

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