As Sydney mops up from another night of torrential rain, Australians have been warned they face the prospect of sweating through more intense heatwaves, and being swamped by more frequent downpours.
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| Baking beneath a merciless sun, that's the future climate change has in store for Australia. |
The worrying predictions are contained in the fifth annual biennial State of the Climate report prepared by scientists at the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology released on Thursday.
Using the latest scientific data on trends in Australian temperatures, rainfall, fire weather and ocean conditions, they discovered Australia has warmed by more than 1C since records began in 1910 as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere climb to record levels.
Read the story from The New Daily - “More heatwaves, downpours are on way for Australia, climate report warns.”
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