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"People should be under no illusions, we're not going to get these fires put out." "We're going to do as much as we can to protected as many homes as we can, but I think for those residents in those areas and firefighters, it's going to be a really tough week."

Baby bats are being left for dead by their mothers in their thousands on the New South Wales coast in an 'abandonment event' as drought and bushfire remove crucial vegetation for the keystone species.

Australia is bracing for its highest recorded temperature ever which is currently 50.7C, (123 deg F)

Australia's nightmare summer is about to get worse, after the country's worst November in living memory suffering record-breaking wildfires, a crippling drought, toxic-smog and a long heatwave with temperatures above 40 deg C, (104 deg F) in many parts another record is about to be broken. The Aussies are bracing themselves from a hot air mass which will fuel another devasting heatwave

Sydney's drinking water in danger from the Bushfires

Sydney’s drinking water supply is at risk of the same “worst-case scenario” facing some New South Wales regional communities, where large amounts of bushfire ash have been swept into dams by heavy rainfall, a water expert has warned. Stuart Khan, a water quality security expert and environmental engineer from the University of NSW, said recent bushfires had left large deposits of ash in the Warragamba Dam catchment, which supplies 80% of the city’s drinking water.

Azothius wrote:Looking for some insight here:

We know why climate change is amplified at the poles.

But is climate change also amplified in Australia?
Or is it simply that Australia is (seemingly) more susceptible to its effects?
Perhaps they amount to the same thing, but which is it?

* 3 to 5 Years of Drought in different areas
* Also years of unprecedented heat waves
* Repeated deluges of rain

Granted, the rest of the globe, including the US, has had its share of extreme weather events as well.
But it seems even more severe in Australia.


Currently...

Aussie Bushfire Update:
Sydney's drinking water in danger:
We're not going to get these fires put out!
Baby bats being left for dead in thousands:
Expecting highest temp ever this week

http://www.thebigwobble.org/2019/12/aus ... nking.html

"People should be under no illusions, we're not going to get these fires put out." "We're going to do as much as we can to protected as many homes as we can, but I think for those residents in those areas and firefighters, it's going to be a really tough week."

Baby bats are being left for dead by their mothers in their thousands on the New South Wales coast in an 'abandonment event' as drought and bushfire remove crucial vegetation for the keystone species.

Australia is bracing for its highest recorded temperature ever which is currently 50.7C, (123 deg F)

Australia's nightmare summer is about to get worse, after the country's worst November in living memory suffering record-breaking wildfires, a crippling drought, toxic-smog and a long heatwave with temperatures above 40 deg C, (104 deg F) in many parts another record is about to be broken. The Aussies are bracing themselves from a hot air mass which will fuel another devasting heatwave

Sydney's drinking water in danger from the Bushfires

Sydney’s drinking water supply is at risk of the same “worst-case scenario” facing some New South Wales regional communities, where large amounts of bushfire ash have been swept into dams by heavy rainfall, a water expert has warned. Stuart Khan, a water quality security expert and environmental engineer from the University of NSW, said recent bushfires had left large deposits of ash in the Warragamba Dam catchment, which supplies 80% of the city’s drinking water.

also this year...

Ferry crossing in far-north Queensland closed after 500mm of rain in 24 hours pushed river to highest level in 118 years
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/28/daintree-river-flooding-hundreds-cut-off-after-deluge-breaks-peak-record


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unpreceden ... australia/
"Unprecedented" floods kills 300,000 cows in Australia
After more than five years of drought ,heavy rains over an almost two-week period turned dusty and parched land in Queensland state into vast swathes of mud


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-12/ ... n/11791512
Brisbane's overnight rainfall has equalled what it has received in the last six months, with a major thunderstorm bringing more than 100 millimetres to some parts of the city. East Brisbane had the biggest falls with 130mm — 112mm of that was recorded in one hour — while Brisbane city had 100mm.

However, if you look closely at your plot you'll find the troposphere is still warming right along with the oceans, the ground surface, the Arctic, the Antarctic, and virtually every other part of the earth system. Most of these areas are warming pretty much as models predict, a few places are warming more rapidly then models predict, and a few areas, including some parts of the troposphere, are warming less rapidly then models predict.

It is very clear from that diagram that the measurements do not match the model forecasts except for the very low side ones which have a ECS of around 2. So make up all the crap you want....the data doesn't support it.

..if you look closely at your plot you'll find the troposphere is still warming right along with the oceans, the ground surface, the Arctic, the Antarctic, and virtually every other part of the earth system. Most of these areas are warming pretty much as models predict, a few places are warming more rapidly then models predict, and a few areas, including some parts of the troposphere, are warming less rapidly then models predict.

The bottom line is the earth as a whole is clearly warming....and even the troposphere is warming.

Its reality.

Australia experienced its hottest day on record and temperatures are expected to soar even higher as heatwave conditions embrace most of the country.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the average temperature across the country of 40.9 degrees Celsius (105 Fahrenheit) Tuesday beat the record of 40.3 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) from Jan. 7, 2013.

On Wednesday temperatures soared to 47.7 Celsius (118 Fahrenheit) in Birdsville, Queensland, 46.9 Celsius (116 Fahrenheit) in Mandora, Western Australia and similar levels in southern and central Australia.

Forecasters had predicted the most intense heat would come later in the week, meaning the record could be broken again.

A “once in a lifetime” heatwave is set to sweep across Australia over the coming days, making almost the entire country “like a furnace” with temperatures on course to break records.

Nullarbor, a small village in South Australia became the first location to hit 50 deg C, 122 deg F in December's record-breaking heatwave, Eucla Amo was a very close second with 49.9 deg C. In fact, Australia was the hottest country on the planet in the last 24 hours with the top 15 hottest locations of the day going to Australia, with Austin Plains 15th recording a temperature of 47. 3 deg C, (117 deg F). The temperatures are set to increase into today and Saturday and in a cruel twist, if you can stand the irony, Milford Sound in New Zealand, Australia's nearest neighbours was the wettest place in the world,

Change in temperature (degrees per century) from 1900-2014. Gray areas indicate where there is insufficient data to detect a long-term trend. NOAA Climate.gov map, based on NOAAGlobalTemp data from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.