Top Australian climate scientist: Heat wave ‘encroaching on entirely new territory’

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Top Australian climate scientist: Heat wave ‘encroaching on entirely new territory’

New South Wales Rural Fire Service Smoke near Cooma, Australia, Jan. 8. Australia’s top government-appointed climate commissioner says this week’s heat wave is occurring amid record-breaking weather around the world. “This has been a landmark event for me,” professor Tim Flannery told Climate Desk from his home in Melbourne. “When you start breaking records, and you do it consistently, and you see it over and over again, that is a good indication there’s a shift underway — this is not just within the normal variation of things.” Flannery is perhaps best known in the U.S. for his 2005 book The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change ; down under, he was named Australian of the Year in 2007, and appointed chief climate commissioner in 2011 by the current Labor government, which tasked him with communicating climate science to the Australian public (a ...

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