Others wear coats and hats and others swimwear… The reason for the Australians, as the mercury reached a record temperature of 50.7 ° C on Thursday in a remote city in the state of Western Australia, as announced by the state meteorological service.
Such temperatures may now be recorded more frequently due to climate change and global warming, the Australian Climate Council has warned.
“New heat record in Western Australia and national record!”, Announced the state Meteorological Service via Twitter (@BOM_WA).
The coastal city “Onslau recorded unprecedented temperatures: 50.7 ° C, a record in Western Australia and the highest temperature ever recorded in all of Australia in 62 years”.
On January 2, 1960, a temperature of 50.7 ° C was also recorded at Udnantata Airport in South Australia, according to the Meteorological Service website.
The director of the climate council, Martin Rice, stressed that the record is in line with the long-term trend of global warming, which is largely due to the burning of coal, oil and gas.
According to him, these extreme temperatures are already having “catastrophic, deadly consequences” in Australia.
“Heat waves are silently killing in Australia, causing more deaths than any other extreme weather event,” he said.
Australia is experiencing a summer in the southern hemisphere marked by major wildfires in the west and deadly floods in the east.
According to Rice, if there is no drastic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, these heat waves can become very frequent.
“In Sydney and Melbourne, around 2030, we will have summer days with 50 degrees Celsius,” he warned.
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