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Australia saw hottest year in 2013
2014-01-03 05:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Australia experienced its hottest year on record in 2013, officials have said. Temperatures were 1.2C above the long term average, the warmest since records began in 1910, the Bureau of Meteorology said in its annual report. The year also saw a record-warm winter that led into the most devastating fires in Sydney since 1968, it said. The warming in Australia was consistent with global climate trends, where rising temperatures were influenced by greenhouse gases, it added. According to the bureau,...
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Australias hottest year recorded in 2013
2014-01-03 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia experienced its hottest year on record in 2013, the Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed, with temperatures 1.2C above the long-term average. The bureau said the new high, which breaks the record set in 2005 by 0.17C, "continues the trend' of steadily rising temperatures in Australia, which has seen the country warm by about 1C since 1950. The year saw a number of individual records fall, including: The warmest summer and spring seasons ever recorded. 7 January was the hottest summer...
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Australia endures hottest year on record
2014-01-02 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Australia experienced its hottest year on record in 2013, the Bureau of Meteorology said Friday, enduring the longest heatwave ever recorded Down Under as well as destructive bushfires. "2013 was Australia's warmest year since records began in 1910," the bureau said in its annual climate statement. "Mean temperatures across Australia have generally been well above average since September 2012. Long periods of warmer-than-average days have been common, with a distinct lack of cold weather." The...
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Australia: 2013 Australia's hottest year on record
2013-12-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: 2013 is the year Australia marked its hottest day, month, season, 12-month period and, by December 31, hottest calendar year. "We're smashing the records," said Andy Pitman, director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science at the University of NSW. "We're not tinkering away at them, they're being absolutely blitzed." Global interest in Australia's weather flared early. In January, when models predicted heat that was literally off the charts, the Bureau of Meteorology added...
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2013 so far seventh hottest year, more warming seen - WMO
2013-11-13 02:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: This year is the seventh warmest since records began in 1850 and rising sea levels caused by climate change are aggravating the impact of storms such as Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday. More greenhouse gases in the atmosphere meant a warmer future, and more extreme weather, was inevitable, WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud said in a statement during November 11-22 climate talks among almost 200 nations in Warsaw. The WMO said...
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