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Fires, floods, swimsuits and jumpers in one day: ‘Climate whiplash’ is our new normal
As exhausted firefighters in Victoria battle devastating bush fires, one of which has killed cattle farmer Maxwell Hobson, at the other end of the country, soaked Queenslanders are facing floods from ex-tropical cyclone Koji.
In the middle, Sydneysiders went from sweltering through the hottest January day since the Black Summer to needing to wear jumpers.
Speaking with host Samantha Selinger-Morris on The Morning Edition podcast, David Bowman, a professor of pyrogeography and fire science at the University of Tasmania, explains what causes this “climate whiplash” – and what we can do to handle the “diabolical and escalating threat” of climate change that is worsening our extreme weather.
Click the player below to listen to the full episode, or read on for an edited extract of the conversation. Continue reading After CowFarts & “Boiling Oceans”, “Hydroclimatic Whiplash” is the next big thing






















