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Advanced Greenhouse Effect in Australia
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Temperatures are higher in Australia than the global average, and although half the country is experiencing a severe drought, the other half has already accumulated a year's worth of rainfall.  Additionally, 15 out of 20 of Australia's hottest years have occurred since 1980.

CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) attributes the drought to natural climate variability