Australia Becoming Hotter and Dryer: CSIRO
Urban Ecology News. 2006.5.31
CSIRO climate change report predicts a hotter, dryer Australia, with increased fire danger and higher cyclone intensity.
A CSIRO report, Climate Change Scenarios for Initial Assessment of Risk in Accordance with Risk Management Guidance, released this month by the Australian Greenhouse Office, examines likely climate change impacts on Australia given a global average temperature increase of between 0.54 degrees and 1.24 degrees, from 1990 to 2030.
The report predicts more hot days and less cold nights (no surprise) as well as higher evaporation rates, increased fire danger, and higher cyclone intensity. Rainfall will be reduced in much of Australia, with more frequent and severe droughts, and higher evaporation rates in every region reducing available water run off. Rainfall will increase in Tasmania, but not in northern Australia where it will remain unchanged or will decline.
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Climate Change Scenarios for Initial Assessment of Risk in Accordance with Risk Management Guidance. CSIRO. 2007.5