While Seeney declares that Local Governments should not plan for Sea Level Rise and the LNP are fast tracking Australia largest expansion of coal mine the outlook for Queensland is not good. How many $1billion hail storm can our economy withstand? For South East Queensland: - Average temperatures will continue to increase in all seasons (very high confidence). - More hot days and warm spells are projected with very high confidence. Fewer frosts are projected with high confidence. - Average winter and spring rainfall is projected to decrease with medium confidence. Changes in summer and autumn are possible but unclear. - Increased intensity of extreme rainfall events is projected, with high confidence. - Mean sea level will continue to rise and height of extreme sea-level events will also increase (very high confidence). - A harsher fire-weather climate in the future (high confidence). - On annual and decadal basis, natural variability in the climate system can act to either mask or enhance any long-term human induced trend, particularly in the next 20 years and for rainfall. See the full report: climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/en/regional-climate-change-explorer/super-clusters/
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:50:07 +0000