(Australia) Experts warn of climate mayhem - Sydney Morning Herald

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Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Experts warn of climate mayhem
Marian Wilkinson and Stephanie Peatling
March 30, 2007

AUSTRALIA will be hit by more frequent and intense heatwaves, bushfires, floods,
drought and landslides as global warming causes the temperature to rise this century,
according to the confidential draft report of the world's leading climate scientists
due for release next week.

The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that a rise in the
sea level from global warming "is virtually certain to cause greater coastal inundation,
erosion, (and) loss of wetlands".

It notes a model showing the beach suburbs of Collaroy and Narrabeen facing a 20-
centimetre sea level rise, combined with a storm event causing up to $250 million worth
of damage.

The bleak chapter on Australia and New Zealand, already in the hands of the Howard
Government, finds that both countries are "already experiencing impacts from recent
climate change".

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