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Extreme weather could be normal in SA by 2050 - ABC listen
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Independent Climatologist Darren Ray stated that even if all emissions stop now, South Australia will experience another 20 to 30 years of increasing temperatures.
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Independent Climatologist Darren Ray stated that what is currently seen as extreme weather will become the new normal in South Australia over a 20- to 30-year timeframe.
There has been sustained extreme weather over the past two months in the northern hemisphere in countries like Greece and Canada which both experienced wildfires.
Independent Climatologist, Darren Ray says those conditions could be normal for South Australia by 2050. "Even if all emissions stop now we're in for another 20, 30 years of increasing temperatures".
Speaking with Deb Tribe and Jon Lamb, Ray said, "What we see as extreme now becomes the new normal over that 20, 30-year time frame".
Extreme heat across the northern hemisphere has fuelled intense wildfires, inlcuding on the island of Rhodes, Greece.
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