State of the climate: five big issues from the report that will affect every Australian

The extremes of the past year will soon become commonplace, as rivers dry and temperatures rise

Since 1910, Australia has warmed by 1.44C and the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have been accelerating.

Neither of those facts would be tangible or noticeable for the everyday Australian.

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