Sunday, March 3, 2013

Australia: Climate change to blame for summer of extreme heat and damaging floods, report says

AAP: CATASTROPHIC bushfires, damaging rain and the most intense heatwave on record this summer are just a taste of what climate change will bring, a new report says. Climate Commissioner Will Steffen said the extreme weather of 2012/13 was climate change in action, and more events are on the way. In his Climate Commission report, Angry Summer, released today, Prof Steffen also said Queensland's one-in-100-year flood was one part of a "very, very unusual summer". "We've been storing extra heat...

URL: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/climate-change-to-blame-for-summer-of-extreme-heat-and-damaging-floods-report-says/story-fncyva0b-1226589650292
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