Humans create carbon emissions which spawn Australia's extreme weather – report

Carbon emissions from human activities have driven significant changes to the climate in Australia, including about 1C of warming and an increase in extreme hot days and fire weather, according to the latest State of the Climate report released by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology.

This year the report includes new information on the cause of extreme weather, pointing the finger clearly at carbon emissions from human activities, as well as the latest findings on warming in the oceans.

The report said record hot average daytime temperatures in 2014 were mostly caused by the extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Researchers found that without the greenhouse gases, the daytime temperatures would have been warm but not record-breaking.

Similarly, another study discussed in the report found that record-breaking temperatures in September 2013 were 85% a result of carbon emissions, and 15% due to natural variations in temperature.

Read Michael Slezak’s story in The Guardian - “Humans create carbon emissions which spawn Australia's extreme weather – report.”