Australia suffers hottest decade as globe warms

SYDNEY (AFP)

Senior climatologist Dean Collins said the average for the decade — about 22.3 degrees Celsius (72.1 Fahrenheit) — was 0.48 degrees Celsius (0.89 F) above Australia’s 1961-1990 benchmark average and an indication of man-made global warming.

“For the past six decades, each decade has been warmer than the preceding one,” Collins told AFP.

“To get six, seven decades in a row that are warmer than the previous one — it doesn’t happen by chance. It’s reflecting what’s happening at the global level.”

AFP