The CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology have been mapping Australia’s changing climate for 14 years. Here’s what their latest snapshot tells us.
Australia’s average temperatures have risen by 1.5 degrees for the first time since records began, and the world is on track to overshoot the Paris Accord’s aim to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.
Two years ago, Australia’s temperatures had risen by an average 1.47 degrees since records began in 1910. This year, average temperatures in Australia have risen by 1.5 degrees, while global averaged temperatures have risen by 1.2 degrees since “reliable” records began in 1850. “It’s looking increasingly unlikely that we’ll be able to stop at 1.5 degrees,” Brown said. “, there’ll be an overshoot and we’ll have to try to bring it back.”Nine of the 10 warmest years on record for our oceans have taken place since 2010.Sea surface temperatures have risen by an average 1.08 degrees since 1900.
Some parts of Australia, including on the east and west coast, experience 25 more dangerous bushfire weather days each year compared with 1950. Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action chief executive Serena Joyner said for bushfire survivors, reports like this represent more than data points and scientific modelling.
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