Aus: CSIRO’s horror climate forecast

Heat waves that kill thousands, gigantic bushfires and regular 100-year storms are part of a frightening new climate change forecast for Australia.

A leaked CSIRO report into the impact of global warming predicts a century of climatic horrors for Tasmania and the rest of Australia. The doomsday scenario will form the basis of the Australian chapter in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the Federal Government’s key stocktake on global warming due for release in April.
The CSIRO report found that extreme fire days will be more common across Australia.

The report predicts Tasmania and Victoria’s east coast will be battered with massive 100-year storms, adding to beach erosion and the destruction of coastal properties.

Eucalypt forests will start to disappear, along with the delicate habitat necessary to sustain Australia’s native animals.

Human lives in bigger cities will come under increasing threat, with the annual death toll from heat waves expected to reach 1300.

And refugees from Pacific Islands submerged by water will flock into the country.

Without solid rain, Australia’s crops will be affected, despite the higher temperatures helping increase the yield.

Sunday Tasmanian