AUSTRALIA

WEATHER PATTERNS

• Recent rainfall has caused dramatic flooding in Australia
• These storms caused by climate change could spell disaster for
• Populated costal communities, they have also flooded homes and caused rivers to rise
• There has been a lot of lightening
• These storms could cause damage to homes

CLIMATE IN AUSTRALIA

• Average temperature is 67 degrees F
• Australia has four seasons
• Annual precipitation is 21.5 inches

BIOME

• Temperate in the south and east
• Tropical in north
• Tropical rain forests and tropical deserts

BIOMES TROPICAL RAINFOREST

• Interesting fact about the tropical rainforest is that
• It contains the greatest number of animals and plant species of any other biome
• The soil is thin and nutrient
• Animals in the tropical rainforest are parrots, tree frogs, and tigers
• Plants are bamboo, vines

DESERT

• Plants are cactus
• The soil is poor in organic matter
• The animals have to adapt in order to survive in the desert
• Animals in the tropical deserts are Kangaroos, rats, snakes, lizards

CLIMATE CHANGE TRENDS

• Australia's temperature went up by .8 degrees C over the last century
• Average temperatures are predicted to rise by 1-5 degrees C by 2070
• It effected what we wore and what we did
• It has recently been colder in Australia

AFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

• It causes damage to homes
• It damaged trees and plants
• It killed animals

POLLUTANTS

• Compared to other countries, Australia has a small pollutant problem
• Release a lot of green house gases
• Recently we have had a water shortage
• The water is becoming more polluted leading to the destruction of mangroves and wetlands
• Peoples and factories are the major source of pollution