State of the Climate Report 2020

Australia has just released its State of the Climate 2020 report, a biennial document produced by the Australian Government Agencies of Bureau of Meteorology BOM and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO.

Rainfall over last 20 years compared to rainfall since 1900. Image — Bureau of Meteorology.

The reports shows that Australia’s climate temperature has increased by 1.44 degrees C, there has been a decline of 16% in rainfall in the southwest and a decline of 12% in…