Monday, May 14, 2012

Heatwaves, bushfires predicted to hammer NSW

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The Climate Commission has released a report predicting record heatwaves, bushfires and rising sea levels in New South Wales because of climate change. The report says the temperature in Sydney tops 35 degrees on just three days a year, but based on climate modelling, it will be 14 days per year by the end of the century. Federal Climate Commissioner Professor Lesley Hughes says western Sydney is getting disproportionally hotter and drier than the rest of Sydney. "If we compare western Sydney...

URL: http://au.news.yahoo.com/sa/latest/a/-/article/13675220/heatwaves-bushfires-predicted-to-hammer-nsw/

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