Glen Paul: G'day, and welcome to CSIROpod, I'm Glen Paul. The
State of the Climate 2012, recently released by CSIRO and the
Australian Bureau of Meteorology, details the latest
observations of Australia's climate, and provides analysis of
the factors that influence it. The headline finding in the State
of the Climate 2012 is that Australia's land and oceans have
continued to warm in response to rising CO2 emissions from the
burning of fossil fuels. Though much of Australia has swung from
drought to floods since the last State of the Climate summary in
2010, it notes that the long-term warming trend has not changed,
with each decade having been warmer than the previous decade
since the 1950s. And what's more, the rate of change is
increasing. Joining me on the line to discuss the State of the
Climate 2012 is CSIRO's Dr Michael Raupach. Mike, what are the
fundamental differences showing up in this summary compared to
the observations made in 2010? Dr Raupach: Well the first
difference is that over the last two