(UTV|COLOMBO) – Something strange is happening in the air above Antarctica that hasn’t happened since 1992 — and it has dire consequences for Australia.
The Arctic is on fire. Now, Antarctica is suddenly experiencing a heatwave. And that means a looming rainfall apocalypse for Australia.
According to a recent report by senior researchers from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, we’re in for higher than normal spring temperatures. And less rain.
It’s all because of record warm temperatures in the air swirling above Antarctica.
It’s producing a domino effect.
The stratospheric “polar vortex” has been disrupted. It could even reverse direction.
It’s pushing stormy Southern Ocean wind streams over Tasmania, New Zealand’s South Island and South America’s Patagonia. This is away from its regular route over the Australian mainland.
And that means NSW and southern Queensland — already in parts devastated by bushfires so early in the season — are set to face worsening conditions and an even more catastrophic bushfire season. (Foreign Media Reports)
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