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Top Australian climate scientist: Heat wave encroaching on entirely new territory

2013-01-12 13:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mother Jones: Australia`s top government-appointed climate commissioner says this week`s heat wave is occurring amid record-breaking weather around the world. "This has been a landmark event for me," professor Tim Flannery told Climate Desk from his home in Melbourne. "When you start breaking records, and you do it consistently, and you see it over and over again, that is a good indication there`s a shift underway - this is not just within the normal variation of things." Flannery is perhaps best known in the...

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Epic heat, wildfires are scorching Australian landscape

2013-01-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment Health: An exceptional heat wave and associated spate of wildfires have scorched the Australian landscape during the past two weeks, with Monday ranking as Australia's hottest day on record. According to the Associated Press and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), the national average temperature on Monday was a sizzling 104.6°F. That eclipsed the previous mark of 104.3°F set in 1972. Temperatures were so hot this week that BOM meteorologists had to add two new colors to their weather maps, with...

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Epic Heat, Wildfires Are Scorching Australian Landscape

2013-01-09 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: An exceptional heat wave and associated spate of wildfires have scorched the Australian landscape during the past two weeks, with Monday ranking as Australia's hottest day on record. According to the Associated Press and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), the national average temperature on Monday was a sizzling 104.6°F. That eclipsed the previous mark of 104.3°F set in 1972. Temperatures were so hot this week that BOM meteorologists had to add two new colors to their weather maps, with...

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Australian wildfires point to climate-change risks

2013-01-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Toronoto Star: What happens when, bit by bit, the Earth turns warmer? It leads to extreme weather: In 2012, the United States was stricken by a severe drought in its south and southwest, torrential rains in Beijing killed more than 70 people, half of the Philippines capital, Manila, was submerged by rains, and flash-floods and landslides in Bangladesh affected a million people. Now there are wildfires in Australia, spreading with rare and dangerous speed. And with temperatures predicted to hit a record high...

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Australian heat wave sears new colors onto maps

2013-01-09 07:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Australia's record-breaking heatwave has sent temperatures soaring, melting road tar and setting off hundreds of wildfires - as well as searing new colors onto weather maps. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has added dark purple and magenta to its color-coded weather forecasting map to represent temperatures of 51 to 54 degrees Celsius (123.8 to 129.2 Fahrenheit), officials said. Temperatures on the map were previously capped at 50 degrees Celsius, represented by the color black. "In...

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