WORK BEGINS ON AUSTRALIA'S BEST YET CLIMATE PROJECTIONS

摘要

Australian scientists have begun the process of delivering the most detailed national climate change projections yet. The next set of national climate projections are planned for release in 2014, representing a significant climate science milestone timed to follow the next official, global assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). "In three years, Australians will have the latest climate projections for the 21st Century for a range of factors including; sea levels, seasonal average temperatures, rainfall, as well as extreme weather events such as heatwaves, fires, droughts, floods, and cyclones," says a senior scientist with the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, CSIRO's Dr Penny Whetton. Information will only be of value if it is clearly communicated and then rigorously applied in formulating adaptation strategies.