Source: The Australian
March 15, 2010

Every state and territory in Australia has warmed over the past 50 years, according to a new assessment of the state of the nation's temperature, rainfall, oceans and atmosphere.

Based on observational data obtained by the Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO, the State of The Climate report, released yesterday, is a snapshot of current conditions and projections. "We're putting it all together—changes of temperature, rainfall, atmosphere and the oceans—to give a complete picture for Australia," said CSIRO chief executive Megan Clark. She noted the report was the first to reveal that observed continent-wide warming was strongest in spring and weakest in summer.

"That's something not expected by the general public," she said, noting many people assumed global warming would affect summers more than winters.

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