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16 March 2010
CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology release climate snapshot
More extremely hot days, fewer cold ones, wetter in the north and drier in the south: this is not a forecast for Australia's climate, but a snapshot of our climate now!
Australia's two lead climate science agencies - the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology - have produced a snapshot of the state of the climate to update Australians about how their climate has changed and what it means.
Changes observed include:
- Highly variable rainfall across the country, with substantial increases in rainfall in northern and central parts of Australia, as well as significant decreases across much of southern and eastern Australia.
- Rapidly rising sea levels from 1993 to 2009, with levels around Australia rising, between 1.5 and 3mm per year in Australia's south and east and between 7 and 10mm in the country's north
Visit the State of the Climate website to download the six page snapshot.