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Australia: Scorchers: The reality of a sunburnt country

2014-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sydney Morning Herald: Before the 2009 heatwave that primed Victoria for the Black Saturday bushfires, Melbourne had never recorded a day where the temperature averaged above 35 degrees. That event delivered two of them. This week's heatwave, which halted play at the Australian Open tennis and pushed the state's power sector to its limits, delivered three more such days with average temperatures over 35 - and a record four days with maximums over 41 - in a row. Most people want to know what's going to happen. While...

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