Climate-scarred Australia faces fiercer fires, floods, droughts
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Sydney: Australia s oceans are turning more acidic, bushfires are raging longer, and droughts are becoming more severe, according to a major new clima...
Sydney: Australia's oceans are turning more acidic, bushfires are raging longer, and droughts are becoming more severe, according to a major new climate report released Thursday by government researchers.
The State of the Climate report, compiled over two years by Australia's weather bureau and national science agency, paints a bleak picture of life in a sunburned country unless global emission reduction efforts are radically overhauled.
"It is the rate of change we are really concerned about here," Bureau of Meteorology climate expert Karl Braganza said.
"The science is just really clear, we have to get to net zero as quickly as possible. Obviously making that change is really hard and it doesn't happen overnight."
Australia's climate has warmed by an average of 1.51 degrees Celsius since 1910, while ocean temperatures have increased by 1.08C since 1900.
