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January 3, 2020 04:41 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/C_HUKKwBIR0/climate-change-is-intensifying-australias-fires
Climate Change is Intensifying Australia's Fires
Tens of thousands of Australians are fleeing their homes as hundreds of fires rage across the continent's southeast coast. And yes, climate change is almost certainly to blame for the extent of the disaster. From a report: With more than a thousand buildings destroyed and 17 deaths since October, it already ranks as one of the worst fire seasons in Australia's history -- and summer there has barely begun. What's driving the fires? Summer wildfires are common in Australia, but climate change is making them worse. Spring rainfall has declined in recent decades, even as temperatures rise, extreme heat events become more common, and droughts turn more severe, according to a 2018 report by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. Those forces have contributed to a greater number of days with "very high fire dangers," and helped extend the fire season into spring.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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