NEWS BRIEFING: State of the Climate 2018 - More heatwaves and extreme fire weather

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2018-12-20 00:01

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The fifth instalment of the joint Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO State of the Climate report shows Australia is experiencing more frequent heat events, marine heatwaves and an increase in extreme fire weather.

Media release

From: Australian Science Media Centre

The fifth instalment of the joint Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO State of the Climate report will be released this Thursday 20 December

It shows Australia is experiencing more frequent heat events, marine heatwaves and an increase in extreme fire weather.

Interested journalists are invited to take part in this embargoed briefing with experts from both organisations.

Speakers:

Dr Karl Braganza is Manager of Climate Monitoring, Bureau of Meteorology
Dr Helen Cleugh is Director of the Climate Science Centre, CSIRO

Date: Tue 18 December 2018
Duration: Approx 45 min

A recording of the briefing is available below.

For further information, please contact the AusSMC on 08 7120 8666 or email info@smc.org.au.

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