"The terrible events of the past couple of weeks are, without doubt, partly the result of global warming and the greenhouse effect," says Neville Nicholls, an expert on climate change and wildfires at Australia's Monash University.
The bushfires devastaged at least 173 lives while destroying achres of forest and many property. The drought and heat waves passing through Australia have aggravated the condition.
It is estimated that the average temperature in Australia may rise by 3 degrees celcius by 2020.
Whle bushfires devastated Queensland, floods have been reported in Victoria causing floods, indicating the complexity iof climate change.
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