State of the Climate 2024: Australia is enduring harsher fire seasons, more ocean heatwaves and sea-level rise

By Neil Sims, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO

Worldwide, greenhouse gas emissions are still increasing, and temperatures are rising across land and sea.

But what is climate change doing to Australia, the driest inhabited continent? The latest CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology State of the Climate Report report highlights that Australia’s climate is continuing to warm.

Extreme fire weather is increasing. Sea levels…

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