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New research has found that tropical cyclones are forming further from the equator as the planet warms, bringing new regions into the zone of the intense storms, including parts of Australia. The South Pacific is one basin where the increased southward formation and tracking is already evident, while the North Atlantic has so far seen little evidence of a shift.
Australia is in the grips of yet another heatwave, stretching the east coast’s energy grid as it attempts to supply the increased demand. New summer power plans are put to the test in the hope of preventing massive blackouts as the grid comes under pressure.
Australia faces different and significant challenges including managing border threats and more extreme weather events as climate variability continues. It also relies on international maritime and aviation based supply chains for a range of essential products. A recent report has given fresh insight into what climate change likely means for Australians if not curbed.
Caution comes from Stuart Khan, associate professor at the school of civil and environmental engineering at the University of NSW, who has been telling the state government for three years that it should never let Warragamba rise to full – because ample space is needed for flood mitigation, writes Rick Feneley for the Sydney Morning Herald...
An earthquake early-warning system provided an alert 10 seconds before the magnitude-6.0 earthquake that hit San Francisco and northern California's Napa Valley on Sunday, causing no fatalities. A statewide system, that could give downtown Los Angeles 40 to 50 seconds of warning of a "Big One" (about magnitude-9.0) headed from the San Andreas fault, is announced in the next few years...
Australia is also studying the effectiveness of US government public alerts ahead of Hurricane Sandy's arrival and how receptive the population has been as a guide to how to handle future disaster risks in Australia...
Lacking the compelling images of floods, earthquakes and tsunamis, the worsening food crisis in the Sahel region of western Africa is struggling to attract the attention it deserves, writes Donna McSkimming for the Sydney Morning Herald, and a call for media to report on the risks of 'seemingly unremarkable phenomena - such as erratic rainfall and insect pests...'
'This is intended as an early warning of practical changes that will be needed in preparedness, in funding and disaster recovery,' said the co-author of an Australian Climate Commission study...
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