Climate change could sentence Melbourne and Sydney to 50-degree days even if the world meets its Paris climate change targets, a new study warns. Other Australian cities are also on track for unprecedented extreme heat, a new study led by the Australian National University says. Australian cities to have 50C summer days by 2040, study says https://t.co/el8z8yMR04 — Sophie Lewis (@aviandelights) October 3, 2017"Major Australian cities, such as Sydney and Melbourne, may experience unprecedented temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius under 2 degrees of global warming. "The increase in Australian summer temperatures indicates other major cities should also be prepared for unprecedented future extreme heat." HuffPost Australia profiled Sophie Lewis for our Breaking The Ice podcast series on climate science.

Source: Huffington Post October 03, 2017 21:22 UTC