How will Australias climate change in future?
By the year 2030, our average temperatures are likely to be higher than today. Northern coastal regions may experience an increase of from 0.3C to 1C. Southern coastal regions may warm by between 0.3C and 1.3C. Inland areas are likely to warm slightly more than coastal regions. (We present a range of likely temperature increases in an attempt to show both the uncertainty of future greenhouse gas emissions and hence the growth of atmospheric concentrations, and the uncertainty of how much warming will be associated with particular concentration changes.) Changes to rainfall are much harder to predict than temperature. By the year 2030, winter rainfall in southern Australia may decrease by up to 10% (or increase by up to 5%). Summer rainfall over Australia may increase or decrease by up to 10%. More hot days are expected, and fewer frosts and less snow. In regions where rainfall increases, more floods are anticipated. In parts of the country where rainfall remains the same or decreases,
