The Climate Council is warning that climate pollution and El Niño will combine in Australia this year to supercharge the risk of dangerous drought, heatwaves and fires.
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology today officially declared an El Niño is now present. This climate driver is usually associated with lower rainfall and higher temperatures in Australia, particularly in south-eastern states. Together, climate pollution and El Niño load the dice, so they are more likely to land on record heat and fire conditions.
Climate Councillor, Adjunct Professor Andrew Watkins said: “It’s important to understand that this El Niño is happening in an Australia that’s significantly hotter than 120 years ago, with the highest levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 800,000 years…
Source: Climate Council
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