2026.09.16 – Dr Karl Kruszelnicki – Wednesday’s with Dr Karl
1) Floods in Oz
As Australia’s sea levels rise, safe land is vanishing and costs are huge. Climate Council forecasts more than 267,000 coastal properties will be damaged by flooding by 2100, costing hundreds of billions of dollars. Agricultural damages are among $855.1bn in economic losses projected Australia-wide by the end of the century due to coastal flooding, according to a Climate Council report.
The report forecasts that more than 267,000 coastal properties and 2m hectares (4.9m acres) of Australian land will be damaged by flooding by 2100 as sea levels rise. Queensland (93,157…
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