NEW REPORT "Virtually Impossible" For 2013 To Be HOTTEST YR Without Man-Made Emissions In Atmosphere
2013 record heatwave 'virtually impossible' without climate change, Climate Council of Australia report says
By Stephanie Anderson
Updated earlier today at 2:10amSat 7 Feb 2015, 2:10am
A new report by the Climate Council of Australia says it would have been "virtually impossible" for 2013 to be the hottest year in the country's record without man-made emissions in the atmosphere.
The independently-funded group used new modelling to look at the odds of extreme heat events occurring, with and without man-made emissions.
A computer simulation of the atmosphere showed that climate change tripled the odds that the heatwaves of 2012/2013 would occur as frequently as they did and doubled the odds that they would be as intense as they were.
More than 123 temperature records were broken over that summer.
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