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Australia wrestles with climate change
2013-01-13 17:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/903613b8-5ba1-11e2-9d4c-00144feab49a.html#ixzz2HsLc22XY Rob Torenius had seen bush fires come close to his familys timber mill in the southeast Tasmanian town of Forcett but not since 1967. His son, Matthew, had never encountered...
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Wool Market Prices in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand (Weekly Report)
2013-01-12 19:37:49| EmergingTextiles.com
Wool prices further surged this week in Australia, following a 3-week Christmas break. China is apparently behind the stronger demand. Our weekly report delivers a comprehensive view of wool prices in Australia, with a long list of micron types in A$, US$ and euro terms. Historical charts are also available, such as downloadable historical data. A glimpse on the New Zealand and South African markets is provided.
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Australia: Record heat, low rain leave regions 'primed' to ignite
2013-01-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: A LEADING weather researcher says Australia's great heatwave this year and low rainfall have left some regions ''primed to go''. The weather bureau's rainfall maps for the past three months show virtually all the southern and eastern parts of the country have posted below or very-much-below average rainfall. And the past fortnight of record-breaking heat across much of the continent meant fuel loads in bushfire areas were ''trumping the situation'' due to lowering moisture levels, said Jeff...
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Australia: Heatwave exacerbated by climate change says Climate Commission
2013-01-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A new report from the Federal Government's Climate Commission says the heatwave and bushfires that have affected Australia this week have been exacerbated by global warming. The report - Off the Charts: Extreme Australian Summer Heat - warns of more extreme bushfires and hotter, longer, bigger and more frequent heatwaves, due to climate change. It says the number of record heat days across Australia has doubled since 1960 and more temperature records are likely to be broken as hot conditions...
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Australia: Climate-change denial feels the heat
2013-01-12 14:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Scepticism about climate change in Australia may be something else that will melt during the nation's great heatwave. ''There's a powerful climate change signal in extreme weather events in Australia,'' said Joseph Reser, an adjunct professor at Griffith University's school of applied psychology. ''The current heatwave is outside people's experience.'' A study released by the university and co-written by Professor Reser found Australians were more ready to accept climate change was happening...
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