Australian climate on 'steroids' after hottest summer

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Phys.org - 3/04/13

A scrubfire burns on a hillside in the southern region of Australia's New South Wales state on January 11, 2013

A scrubfire burns on a hillside in the southern region of Australia's New South Wales state on January 11, 2013. Australia's weather went "on steroids" over a summer that saw an unprecedented heatwave, bushfires and floods, the climate chief said Monday, warning that global warming would only make things worse.
 

Australia's weather went "on steroids" over a summer that saw an unprecedented heatwave, bushfires and floods, the climate chief said Monday, warning that global warming would only make things worse.

 

The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed the three summer months ending February 28 were the hottest season ever recorded in Australia, leading the government's Climate Commission to label it the "Angry Summer" in a new report.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-03-australian-climate-steroids-hottest-summer.html#jCp

 

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