Australia’s Climate Change Report Reads “Like a Disaster Novel”

Australia’s Climate Change Report Reads “Like a Disaster Novel”
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The conclusions of a new report written by Australia’s top climate scientists are grim: Heatwaves are expected to increase 10-fold while droughts will almost double in number and become more widespread — possibly impacting an area twice as large as now. Rainfall is also projected to continue its long decline throughout the country.The report’s release prompted agriculture minister Tony Burke to compare the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO’s (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) findings to “a disaster novel,” according to…

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