"Major shifts to Earth’s climate usually unfold over thousands of years.

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"Major shifts to Earth’s climate usually unfold over thousands of years. Today, one can be seen in just a single lifetime.Major shifts to Earth’s climate usually unfold over thousands of years. Today, one can be seen in just a single lifetime.

Hot nights don’t get the same flashy headlines in the news that hot days do. [But] A night-time temperature of 29C becomes a health risk."

The summers of today are vastly different to those of our grandparents

Australia has always been hot. On average, summer is now one degree warmer than it was 50 years ago. But that number hides the stark reality that the summers our kids experience today are much more extreme and longer than they used to be.

(www.abc.net.au)

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"Lead author Ted Scott said the data showed the [Sidney's] summers had lengthened by about 15 extra days every decade since 1990, when compared with the 1961-1990 period.

"Another way to think about that is in 20 years, Sydney has been on average adding a whole month of summer," he said."

Sydney summers are now hotter and nearly 50 days longer, study finds

For every 10 years since 1990, Sydneysiders have experienced an extra 15 days of summer, new research has found.

(www.abc.net.au)

There's got to be a nice - if scary - graphic about this somewhere: strips of daily temps for each year.