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Australia heat sparks chart change
2013-01-09 11:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Temperatures in Australia are so high that the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has had to add new colours to its weather charts. Two shades of purple will now be used to indicate temperatures above the previous 50C limit. Aaron Coutts-Smith, manager of climate services at the Bureau of Meteorology, explains the changes.
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Australia braces for "catastrophic" wildfire day
2013-01-09 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia was bracing on Monday for days of "catastrophic" fire and heatwave conditions, with fires already burning in five states and as a search continued for people missing after devastating wildfires in the island state of Tasmania. Prime Minister Julia Gillard toured fire-ravaged Tasmanian townships and promised emergency aid for survivors, who told of a "fireball" that engulfed communities across the thinly-populated state on Friday and Saturday. "The trees just exploded," local man Ashley...
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Record Heat Fuels Widespread Fires in Australia
2013-01-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Australia on Wednesday was grappling with an unprecedented heat wave that has sparked raging bushfires across some of the countrys most populated regions pushing firefighters to their limits, residents to their wits end and leaving meteorologists tracking the soaring temperatures into uncharted territory. Four months of record-breaking temperatures stretching back to September of last year have combined over the past week with widespread drought conditions and high winds to create what the government...
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Australia: Heatwave, climate change link simplistic: Truss
2013-01-09 03:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Acting opposition leader Warren Truss says it is ''too simplistic'' to link the current heatwave and fires to climate change. In Brisbane on Wednesday, Mr Truss acknowledged the record heatwave, but said Australia's climate was changeable, with hot times and cold times. ''The reality is, it's being utterly simplistic to suggest that we have these fires because of climate change,'' he said. ''It's too simplistic to link one hot spell to climate change.'' Earlier this week, when touring...
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FES International secures contract for Ichthys LNG Project in Australia
2013-01-09 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
UK-based FES International has been awarded a contract by McDermott for the Ichthys LNG Project in Australia.
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