Extreme Weather Events
Globally, the World Meteorological Organization has claimed that extreme weather events are on the rise as a result of human interference in the climate system, and climate models indicate the potential for increases in extremes of temperature, precipitation, droughts, storms, and floods. The CSIRO predicts that a temperature rise of between 2 and 3 degrees Celsius on the Australian continent could incur some of the following extreme weather occurrences, in addition to standard patterns:
- Wind speeds of tropical cyclones could intensify by 5 to 10%.
- Tropical cyclone rainfall could increase by 20-30%.
- In 100 years, strong tides would increase by 12-16% along eastern Victoria's coast.
- The forest fire danger index in NSW and WA would grow by 10%., and forest fire danger indexes in S, Central and NE Australia would increase more than 10
Read more about this topic: Effects Of Global Warming On Australia
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