David Jones, the bureau of meteorology’s head of climate analysis, as reported in the the Age, said earlier this week that temperature benchmarks for August had been broken in every state and territory. ”In duration, extent and the magnitude of anomalies it is beyond historical experience and it hasn’t finished,” he said.

See full article at the Age newspaper.

I find this very disturbing. It appears that climate change is happening very quickly, reinforcing again the need for urgent action to cut emissions.

Tags: august 2009, australia, Climate change, extreme weather