Australia's two biggest cities could swelter through 50C days within a few decades, a study has found.
Sydney
and Melbourne are likely to endure such summers even if global warming
is contained to the Paris accord limit of a 2C rise above pre-industrial
levels, scientists said.
Limiting warming to below that would make 50C days less likely, they said.
Sydney reached a record 45.8C in 2013 while Melbourne hit 46.4C in 2009, the nation's Bureau of Meteorology said.
The
study examined only forecasts for Victoria and New South Wales, but
researchers said the rest of Australia could also expect rises.
"One
of the hottest years on record globally - in 2015 - could be an average
year by 2025," said lead researcher Dr Sophie Lewis from the Australian
National University.
The research, also involving the University of Melbourne and
published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, said taking
action on climate change remained crucial.
If global warming tracked at 2C, Dr Lewis said Australia's major cities could experience 50C days between 2040 and 2050.
Australia's most recent summer
broke 205 weather records while its winter was the
warmest on record, according to the nation's independent Climate Council.
Last month, Australians were
warned to prepare for a dangerous bushfire season in 2017-18.
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