
Australia warming more than rest of world: BoM
Australia’s temperatures are increasing more than the global average, the nation’s weather bureau says.
Australia’s temperatures are increasing more than the global average, the nation’s weather bureau says.
It’s the first time since overlapping records began that Australia experienced both its lowest rainfall and highest temperatures in the same year, says the Bureau of Meteorology’s David Jones, Karl Braganza and Skie Tobin.
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Australians face the prospect of sweating through more intense heatwaves and being swamped by more frequent downpours of heavy rain in the coming decades as a result of climate change.