HOW GLOBAL WARMING IS ALREADY IMPACTING ON AUSTRALIA
* Climate has warmed by 0.9C since 1910
* More extreme heat and fewer cool extremes
* Seven of the 10 warmest years on record have happened over past 15 years
* Average rainfall across the country has increased since 1900
* Rainfall has reduced since 1970 in the southwest
* Extreme fire weather has increased and fire seasons have lengthened
* Global sea level rose by 225mm from 1880 to 2012
* Heat stored in oceans has increased
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN FUTURE
* Temperatures will continue to increase with more hot days and fewer cool days
* Extreme fire-weather days will increase and fire seasons will get longer in southern and eastern Australia
* Average rainfall in southern Australia is projected to decrease
* Frequency and intensity of extreme daily rainfall is projected to increase
* Tropical cyclones are predicted to decrease in number but increase in intensity
* Sea-level council rise by between half and metre and one metre by 2100
* Sea-level rise will increase the frequency of extreme events like flooding
* Ocean acidification will continue.
(Source: Bureau of Meteorology)
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