CSIRO Releases Forecast For Longer, Hotter, Drier Bushfire Season Down Under
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Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) released a study supporting the impact of climate change recently affecting the country's weather. The report confirmed the climate in Australia significantly warmed by 0.9°C since 1910.
Sea-level rise and ocean acidification were also foreseen. The amount of heat in the global oceans increased, presenting a rise in the global mean temperature by 0.85°C from 1880 to 2012. Also, the report cited global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and greenhouse gases at their highest levels since 800,000 years.
"Australia has one of the most variable climates in the world. Against this backdrop, across the decades, we're continuing to see increasing temperatures, warmer oceans, changes to when and where rain falls and higher sea levels," Megan Clark, a CSIRO executive, said in a report by Yahoo News AU.
The State of the Climate Report summarizes Australia's weather conditions and provides analysis of factors that contribute to the change, through its joint project by CSIRO and BoM. The increase in temperature brings potential droughts in the southern half of the country. Dr. Jim Salinger, a New Zealand based climate scientist, said Australia continues to become the ''burning, drying continent."
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