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Bushfires rage on in Australia 'helped' by climate change
2013-01-12 09:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Australian firefighters are continuing to tackle more than 100 bushfires, which have gutted houses and thousands of hectares of land. Officials say temperatures are lower than feared, but gusty winds are making it hard to contain the blazes in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Six people have been treated for heat exposure, but nobody has died. A government commission says the heatwave and fires have been exacerbated by global warming. "Climate change is increasing the risk of more...
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Australia fights hundreds of fires, heat
2013-01-12 08:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: Firefighters battled roaring blazes in extreme hot weather Saturday as hundreds of wildfires blackened parts of southeastern Australia, officials said. The danger was said to be serious in Victoria and Tasmania but New South Wales has so far had the worst of the fires, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Firefighters worked through the night to combat more than 100 bush fires in that state as hot, gusty conditions are forecast for Sunday. More than 100 firefighters were working a...
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Wildfires across Australia and the US's hottest year on record: the heat that's making history
2013-01-11 21:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Confused? You have every right to be. On just one day this week, it was reported that the heatwave that has lit wildfires across Australia is so unprecedented that two new colours have had to be added to weather forecasting maps; that 2012 had been by far the hottest year on record in the United States; that the blue-chip World Economic Forum had identified climate change as one of the world's most urgent dangers; and that, nevertheless, the Met Office had concluded that global warming had stalled....
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As Australia burns, attitudes are changing. But is it too late?
2013-01-11 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: This summer, life in Australia resembles a compulsory and very unpleasant game of Russian roulette. A pool of hot air more than 1,000 miles wide has formed across the inland. It covers much of the continent, and has proved astonishingly persistent. Periodically, low pressure systems spill the heat towards the coast, where most Australians live. At Christmas it was Perth. Then the heat struck Adelaide, followed by Tasmania, Victoria, and southern New South Wales and Canberra. Over this weekend, it's...
AUSTRALIA: Billabong names Myers as CFO
2013-01-11 12:51:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Australian surfwear brand Billabong has appointed Peter Myers as group chief financial officer, replacing Craig White who resigned last month.
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