Fears parts of Queensland will have to ‘retreat’ amid predicted sea level rise and increased severe weather events

When the rain from ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper started falling in Cairns in December 2023, Dan Vowles remembers how…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/125239/

Queensland’s record-breaking floods are a frightening portent of what’s to come under climate change

https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/cyclone-jasper-and-climate-change/

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"He said some scientists were now advising that for Australia, planners should consider that each degree of warming could increase rainfall by as much as 15%."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/19/cyclone-jasper-how-did-it-cause-so-much-rain-and-could-global-heating-be-to-blame

RT by @CopernicusEU: #ImageOfTheDay

Record rains 🌧️ after the passage of tropical #CycloneJasper have caused severe flooding in #Queensland 🇦🇺

Power outages affect +10,000 people, and damage is extensive

⬇️Flooded areas south of Cairns are visible in the #Sentinel1 image of 16 December

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/CopernicusEU/status/1736705108107202845#m

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