Worth reading!
Bruce.
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Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 3:27 PM
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Subject: Are heatwaves the new normal?
Hi
Bruce
Many people are wondering if the intense
heatwaves we’ve had this summer are normal, or if we’re seeing the
impacts of climate change.
Our latest report,
released today, finds that climate change is already making
heatwaves worse. Heatwaves are hotter, longer, more frequent and
occurring earlier.
In fact, hot weather in Adelaide,
Melbourne and Canberra has already reached levels predicted for
2030. These are just a few of the extraordinary findings of
our latest report Heatwaves: Hotter, Longer, More Often,
which has been heavily covered by the media today.
See
the rest of the extraordinary findings here.
I
want the scientific findings outlined in the report to be used to
ensure Australians have the best information available to prepare
for what is ahead and to take action.
So my colleagues and I
have been busy getting the word out to ordinary Australians in the
media today. You can see some of the coverage so far on Sunrise, News.com.au, The Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Conversation and The Age, plus look out for us on Channel
10 & Sky News this evening and Wake Up
tomorrow morning.
Help
us to get this important information out by sharing the report’s
findings with your networks.
Limiting further
increase in heatwaves requires urgent and significant reduction in
the emission of greenhouse gases. This is the critical
decade if we want to prevent heatwaves getting even worse.
Thanks for helping us to change the conversation and make
sure it is based on best science available.
Tim Flannery
Chief Councillor
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