Posts tagged: Australia

Some Crazy Weather, Australian Style — A Trend, or Just Unusual Weather?

March 23, 2010
Weather is not climate. One region is not global climate. Nevertheless, it is interesting to note that Australia’s bizarrely hot weather last summer – so hot that Koala’s were abandoning their normally shy habits and bonding closely with humans in return for some much needed water and cooling off — was followed by yet [...]

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South of Australia Got So Hot in Summer 2009, Koalas were Asking People for Water

March 5, 2010
First, the scientific analysis:  This nicely laid out NASA surface map compares the land surface temperature from January 25 to February 1, 2009  to the average mid-summer temperatures the continent experienced between 2000-2008, and shows bizarre land surface temperature anomalies for the last week of January, 2009, or “mid summer.”
In response, Koalas, which [...]

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