Changes

Climate change doesn't mean the weather will be warmer. Depending on where you live, it might mean:

  • more frequent and more intense storms
  • earlier and later seasons
  • different types of weather than usual
  • increased sea levels

Dust storm over Eastern Australia, September 2009.

 

Source: NASA Earth Observatory

Notes


The storm, the worst in 70 years, led to canceled or delayed flights, traffic problems, and health issues. At full strength, this giant dust cloud was 1,600 km long and 400 km wide. 

 

Australia has suffered from a multiple-year drought, and much of the dust is coming from fields that have not been planted because of the drought.

 

At its peak over 100,000 tonnes per hour of delicate topsoil was blown off drought stricken farms and deserts and sent across the country.  By day’s end, the best estimates were that several million tonnes had been stripped from deserts and farms across three states and sent to the city and then out to sea. 

 

Source: http://paulgilding.com/cockatoo-chronicles/toolateforaustralia.html