Climate change made Australian bushfires more likely, says report

Australia’s recent devastating bushfires were made more likely by human-made climate change, an international team of scientists has found.

A rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution (WWA) discovered that the weather conditions responsible for the fires were made at least 30 per cent more likely because of how humanity has warmed Earth. Two climate phenomena, the Indian Ocean dipole and southern annular mode, were also found to have played a big role.

Debate has raged in Australia over the cause of the fires, with Australian…