Comments on: Australia’s Angry Summer http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2013/03/06/australias-angry-summer/?src=earthmatters-rss Earth is an amazing planet, and the one that matters most to us. Let’s have a conversation about it. Wed, 01 May 2013 01:19:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Takver http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2013/03/06/australias-angry-summer/#comment-11881 Takver Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:33:25 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=3432#comment-11881 It is proving to be an angry Australian autumn as well with an extended heatwave over the southeast of the continent with several temperature extent records falling in March.

]]> By: max shean http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2013/03/06/australias-angry-summer/#comment-11880 max shean Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:43:18 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=3432#comment-11880 My father was born in Western NSW Australia in 1895, and i followed in 1938. my observation is that most people have a very short memory about weather. In 1895- 1902 Australia suffered a ravaging drought, more than half of all sheep were lost, and unemployment through the country was critical.
In 1954 i remember floods that have not been equalled on the coast of NSW. Then in 1970′s i lost a fortune from flood damage in Brisbane. I believe little has changed overall in climates. ALTHOUGH storms seem to have become more violent throughout the world.
Then i recall that in the early 1970′s thunder storms on the East coast were very dangeroud for flying. I think people ignore what engine drives our planet, and how insignificent changes are. This is a volatile planet, being battered by many aggressive strikes from the sun, and further afield events. I remain in awe of how stable it really is. The past millenium wasn’t the planet we know and love. The probable short time we will inhabit the blue marble won’t bother it, and who knows what might wipe out all life. Never mind, the cockroaches will be last out.

]]> By: Mark http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2013/03/06/australias-angry-summer/#comment-11879 Mark Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:04:49 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=3432#comment-11879 It has been a terrible summer with rain not occuring where it is supposed to fall, e.g. Ingham in North Queensland has had one third of its annual rainfall and yet 700km’s south in Bundaberg, they have been washed away.

Even though Victoria didn’t go wildfire crazy this year, it still had significant wildfires and recorded more days over 30 degrees centigrade than has ever been recorded.

Tasmania to Victorias south and usually with moderate summers experienced some of the hottest weather ever and Sydney recorded the hottest day ever and then …………

…… you look at the photo’s of Kulusuk, Greenland and you wonder, you really wonder, if this is manmade, why do we let greed interrupt common sense, why are we doing nothing about it ?

]]> By: aquatrek http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2013/03/06/australias-angry-summer/#comment-11878 aquatrek Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:03:30 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=3432#comment-11878 20,000 years of proxy data and nobody knows where this interglacial period is heading.

]]> By: Eilidh http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2013/03/06/australias-angry-summer/#comment-11861 Eilidh Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:33:21 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=3432#comment-11861 I LOVE AUSTRALIA!

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