Australia's Climate Collision: Record Heat Meets Coal Politics

Melbourne just recorded its warmest winter since records began in 1855, hitting a mean temperature of 12.8°C — shattering the previous 2013 benchmark. Sydney wasn't far behind, logging its warmest winter in 167 years of records, while Australia's area-averaged mean winter temperature sat 1.45 degrees above the long-term average. The Bureau of Meteorology is already warning that El Niño could become the strongest ever recorded this summer, with Brisbane temperatures expected...