The IPCC chairperson is visiting Australia and commented that the
Extreme heatwave and catastrophic bushfires that Australia is experiencing is an 'unmistakeable' part of a global trend of an increase in the frequency and intensity of heatwaves and other extreme weather events. Indeed, researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have just released a new study -
Global increase in record-breaking monthly-mean temperatures - which clearly shows the present
Australian heatwave records being broken and the
US recording it's hottest year in 2012, are both part of this global trend.
