Climate Change
What is Climate Change?
The Earth’s climate has changed over time, but this time it is different. Temperatures around the world are rising higher and quicker than any past era. This time, it is being caused by human activities.
Australian Musuem
Climate Change
"Since the Industrial Revolution humans have been getting most of their energy from burning fossil fuels. This releases gasses that create a blanket around the earth, trapping in heat. The rapid rise of temperatures we have been experiencing over the past century, particularly over the past 50 years, is unprecedented and additional to natural fluctuations.[i]
This is causing global average temperatures to rise. The evidence comes from plentiful data collected by many sources over time. We can see it around us: rising sea levels, melting ice caps and glaciers, more acidic oceans, and more severe heat waves, droughts, and storms.
Global warming is damaging the earth’s capacity to act as a life support system. Climate change impacts global biodiversity (the variety of life), and loss of biodiversity represents a loss of future options for society.
Can we slow global warming by changing the way we live? Yes – through working in step around the world."
Text sourced from the Australian Museum Climate Change website
Climate Change Snapshots
Murray Murrumbidgee Climate change snapshot
"Based on long-term (1910–2011) observations, temperatures in the Murray Murrumbidgee Region have been increasing since about 1950, with higher temperatures experienced in recent decades."
In the links below you will find current information on the climate change projections of the Murray/Murrumbidgee.
Understanding Climate
The Climate Dogs
Agriculture Victoria has produced a wonderful set of video resources that show how our global climate processes vary their behaviour, potentially resulting in wetter or dryer seasons.