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Australia sweats through hottest spring on record as temperatures soar 2.5C above pre-industrial levels (www.abc.net.au)
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The country's mean temperature in spring was estimated at 2.08 degrees Celsius above the baseline 1961–1990 average, which equates to a temperature around 2.5C above pre-industrial levels.

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[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, nah, she’ll be right.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

But we can limit the world's average to 1.5C still, right? We just have to keep funneling it all to Australia.