The globe warms up

Fire at Palm Beach in Sydney (photo from abc website)

In New Zealand the leaves are still to unfurl while in Australia it is hotter than ever.
The IPCC report is out, the coal/oil funded climate change deniers are searching for new ways to deny and meanwhile we have had the hottest summer ever and it looks as if another is on the way. Already a fire in the north of Sydney has caught people unawares.


(Photo is from  ABC website )

First heat, then flood

Blueberry bush with heat-dried leaves (left),puddle with umbrella reflection (middle) and wet shoes(right)

The leaves of the poor little blueberry bush that I have been nurturing were burnt by the 46C heat last week ... and now we have a major rain storm.  Australia has always had extreme weather but it is getting even more erratic with global warming. The poor folks in southern Queensland are faced with flooded houses yet again, the second time in two years. One in a hundred year floods are becoming one in ten year floods, or one in two year floods.

Local school ...