Western Sydney is expected to cop the brunt of the social, economic and health cost of increased heatwaves in coming decades, a new report has revealed. With the number of days of 35C set to double from 10 days a year in 2010 to 2019, to 20 days a yearContinue Reading
Australia faces a brutal summer ahead, with more heatwaves that last longer than usual. Bureau of Meteorology senior climatologist Hugh McDowell told NCA NewsWire that Australians should begin preparing now for the extreme heat, with the bureau expecting a greater number of days that hit 40C or more. “This summer,Continue Reading
The number of people who die from heat-related deaths, dubbed society’s “silent killer”, is projected to surge over coming decades, with millions living in so-called ‘heat islands’ like Western Sydney. Experts warn complacency and inaction are dooming millions of people to dire fates because extreme heat still isn’t taken seriously.Continue Reading
Experts have been left dumbfounded by a government decision to dump potentially lifesaving reforms ahead of a predicted scorcher of a summer. Western Sydney is particularly vulnerable to extreme heat due to geographic factors, but poor decisions made about housing and suburb design in recent decades exacerbates the problem. TheContinue Reading
Wild weather events including torrential downpours, extreme heat, fire weather and drought are happening at an increased pace in Australia and there’s more to come. Drawing on the latest national and international climate research, the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology’s State of the Climate report has found climate extremesContinue Reading