On land, Australia has already passed 1.5°C of warming, bringing lower streamflows, more fire weather and marine heatwaves.
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The best thing to do is to stop emitting carbon. However, preserving a safe climate will likely require us to go further.
A changing climate means parts of Australia will get hotter, some drier, others wetter and we can expect more extreme fire days.
Australia is facing an increase in extreme heat, fire danger weather, floods and marine heatwaves, according to the latest biennial snapshot from the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO.
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