March 5, 2013

Australia's Angry Summer

The government’s Climate Commission just released a report that provides a summary of the extreme weather of the 2012/13 summer and the influence of climate change:

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Angry Summer

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Some conclusions:

  •  All extreme weather events are now occurring in a climate system that is warmer and moister than it was 50 years ago.
  • Australia’s Angry Summer shows that climate change is already adversely affecting Australians.
  • It is highly likely that extreme hot weather will become even more frequent and severe in Australia and around the globe, over the coming decades.

Report here.
Images here.
Key facts here.

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  1. If this is what happened in 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhCY-3XnqS0
    and this in 2012, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57465669/summer-2012-glimpse-of-climate-change-effects/
    With now what you have above in the other side of the world…
    What do you think this summer will hold? We can only hope that the intensity of this season’s hurricanes and wildfires and drouts and tornadoes will only cause a few thousand deaths, knowing that the worst case scenario… nm, They won’t listen anyways.

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