Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Climate change turns up the heat

The Hindu: The temperature forecast for next Monday (14 January) by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology is so unprecedented - over 52C - that it has had to add a new colour to the top of its scale, a suitably incandescent purple. Australia's highest recorded temperature is 50.7C, measured in January 1960 in southern Australia. On Monday a new record was set for the hottest average day across the country, 40.3C, the highest for 40 years. "What makes this event quite exceptional is how widespread and intense...

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/climate-change-turns-up-the-heat/article4290519.ece

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