A report released today by Australian scientists shows the continent experienced unprecedented warming over the past 50 years. Not only has Australia’s mean temperature increased by 0.7 degrees Celsius since 1960, the continent is experiencing sea level rise and higher sea surface temperatures.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organization (CSIRO) and the Bureau of Meteorology put together the report, entitled “State of the Climate.” Using 100 years-worth of monitoring and research data, scientists found that Australia’s mean average temperature had increased by 0.7 degrees Celsius since 1960, with some parts of the continent warming by as much as 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius. Scientists also projected that if global warming continues unabated, Australia’s average temperature is set to rise by 0.6 to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030.
In India’ southern state Kerala, an unprecedented heat wave has set off this March with temperature at an all-time high of 42 deg C!
Well, the extreme cold experienced in the northern hemisphere set tongues wagging on ‘global cooling’, but what about this latest news? The answer is what scientists have been trying to say: climate change will be seen not so much in soaring temperatures alone but in extremes of climate and rainfall. Of that, there is already enough evidence.
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