This is what climate change looks like in Australia – in pictures
Posted by The Editor on September 16, 2019 2:00 pm
Tags: Animals, Art and design, Australia news, Bushfires, Climate change, Conservation, Drought, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Great Barrier Reef, Natural disasters and extreme weather, Photography, Queensland, Water, Western Australia, Wildfires, Wildlife
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As predictions about the climate crisis increasingly become observations, Australians are witnessing first hand the impacts of more frequent and severe weather events. These images supplied by the Climate Council show the devastating effects on the continent’s ecosystems and unique wildlife. Australia’s ecosystems are already under grave stress from land-clearing, over-harvesting and invasive feral animals and plants; climate change is adding to the litany of woes and proving to be the last straw for some systems and species