New climate change report released (Australia, NZ, S. Pacific) - AP

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Source: Associated Press

New climate change report released

By MICHAEL CASEY, AP Environmental Writer
59 minutes ago

BANGKOK, Thailand - Warming temperatures will cause increased
drought and sea-level rises in Australia and New Zealand by 2030
and threaten ecologically rich sites such as the Great Barrier
Reef, according to excerpts from a new scientific report released
Tuesday.

The South Pacific Islands, meanwhile, will be swamped by sea level
rises as well as increased frequency of cyclones, according to the
latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Island economies also will suffer as warming waters damage coral
reefs and hurt the fishing industries, the report said.

A summary of the full, 1,572-page document written and reviewed
by 441 scientists was released Friday. This document, the second
of four reports, tries to explain how global warming is changing
life on Earth.

Further details were being unveiled Tuesday in a series of regional
news conferences around the world.

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