Climate report says greenhouse gases changing Australian weather

Burnt forest in Western Australia

Burnt forest in Western Australia Source: AAP

A new climate report shows Australia is experiencing record-breaking heat, longer fire seasons and more wet and wild weather. The Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO* say the changes are due to an increase in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide trapping heat in the Earth's lower atmosphere.



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