heat wave

Brutal Heat Waves Crush Eastern Australia

Brutal Heat Waves Crush Eastern Australia

A hot air mass parked over central Australia is delivering the second brutal heat wave this month. January is quickly approaching a record-breaking month Down Under. It's Official: 2016 Was the Hottest Year Ever Recorded https://t.co/E8F4UfbiHj @MichaelEMann @350 @RobertKennedyJr @NRDC @ClimateReality — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) January 18, 2017 These heat waves are being driven by warmer […]

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    Australia’s Other Great Reef Wiped Out by Super-Warm Seas

    Australia’s Other Great Reef Wiped Out by Super-Warm Seas

    Another of Australia’s treasured coastal ecosystems, the kelp-dominated Great Southern Reef, experienced a massive die-off from 2010-2013 due to a marine heat wave. Before and after the 2011 heat wave which saw the virtual extinction of some of Western Australia’s vast temperate kelp forest ecosystems.J. Costa According to a study in the journal Science, 90 […]