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03-08-2017, 11:40 PM
http://l1.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/VmcqlL2p58BwXB2jfnuBxQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/2ddea296d09a1ce58c6f51a32d90fd4936196613.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/angry-australian-summer-weather-smashes-records-035935332.html)Australia endured a summer of record-breaking extremes, scientists said on Wednesday, with climate change tipped to increase the frequency and severity of such phenomena. Intense heatwaves, bushfires and flooding plagued the December-February summer season with more than 200 records broken over 90 days, the independent Climate Council said in a report. "Climate change -- driven largely by the burning of coal, oil and gas -- is cranking up the intensity of extreme weather events," the "Angry Summer" report said.



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