01-03-2020, 09:17 PM
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Longer Summers, Shorter Winters
Australian summers have become twice as long as the most recent winters, according to new analysis from The Australia Institute.Researchers at the Canberra-based think-tank have crunched weather data from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) from between 1999 to 2018 and compared it to Australian weather records from 1950 to 1969.
The analysis found all Australian capital cities experienced longer summers and shorter winters, with summer 31 days longer than it was in the 50s and 60s, with winter about three weeks shorter.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-...orter/12013978
01-03-2020, 09:26 PM
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Re: Longer Summers, Shorter Winters
The numbers don't lie. Despite some of the arguments to the contrary they are all there on the public record. I've certainly noticed a difference from when I was a kid. I remember when I was in primary school there would be a fireplace in each classroom and in winter the teacher would let us take turns in tending to the fire. It got really cold on winter mornings to the point where we would have to wear woolly gloves and beanies. IT would warm a little during the days but it was so much colder back then even in Sydney and Perth. As for Canberra it would snow nearly every year and Melbourne was bone chilling cold in winter. Not any more.02-03-2020, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Donkeyman
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In answer to Bruce and Keezoy, l did read some time ago that thetectonic plate that oz sits on is moving northwards towards the
equator, could it be that the climate is thus becoming tropcal??
Jus asking?
Donkeyman!
However I read recently that a team of scientists is about to recalculate Australia's latitude and longitude coordinates, which are currently out by more than 1.5 metres.
02-03-2020, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruce
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It is moving north at something like 70mm per year or 7 metres over 100 years I am not sure that is enough to explain longer summers. Ask yourself - if you walk 7 metres north or south from your house is the climate much different?However I read recently that a team of scientists is about to recalculate Australia's latitude and longitude coordinates, which are currently out by more than 1.5 metres.
pacific rim area recently, Brucy, this could mean that the tectonic
movement is speeding up?? However the replotting of co--ordinates
you mention should clear this up? What other reason other than
axis tilt could there be?
Donkeyman!
10-03-2020, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruce
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It is moving north at something like 70mm per year or 7 metres over 100 years I am not sure that is enough to explain longer summers. Ask yourself - if you walk 7 metres north or south from your house is the climate much different?However I read recently that a team of scientists is about to recalculate Australia's latitude and longitude coordinates, which are currently out by more than 1.5 metres.
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