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Australia: Records will keep tumbling with blistering heatwaves here to stay
Posted by Environment Health: Ben Cubby on January 8th, 2013
Environment Health: THE heatwave that has scorched the nation since Christmas is a taste of things to come, with this week's records set to tumble again and again in the coming years, climate scientists said.
The hottest average maximum temperature ever recorded across Australia - 40.33 degrees, set on Monday - might stand for only 24 hours and be eclipsed when all of Tuesday's readings come in. The previous record had stood since December 21, 1972.
''The current heatwave - in terms of its duration, its intensity...
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Posted by Environment Health: Ben Cubby on November 8th, 2012
Environment Health: BUSHFIRE risks have been rising steadily for nearly 40 years, according to comprehensive new data that shows for the first time that big firestorms near Australian cities are becoming more likely.
As NSW prepares for an uncertain fire season, the study shows risks increasing most sharply in eastern Australia, based on daily weather data gathered from 38 key sites around the country between 1973 and 2010, the study published in the International Journal of Climatology shows.
None of the sites,...