Climate change could see a third of Victoria's animal species extinct in 60 years | The Courier-Mail

VICTORIA could bear the brunt of a climate change front that would see almost a third of animal species wiped out in less than 60 years.

By 2070, Victoria could be rendered unrecognisable as the continent heats up and rainfall patterns change, according to a drastic new report by the CSIRO.

One of the report's authors, Dr Michael Dunlop, said our grandchildren were likely to experience landscapes very different to the ones we know.

Changing nature of a bushwalk in 2070

GOING for a bushwalk in the year 2070 will be an almost unrecognisable experience.

''It will look different, it will sound different, it will probably even smell different,'' said Michael Dunlop, a senior CSIRO researcher, who helped produce the first comprehensive national report into the effects of climate change on biodiversity.

IPCC Reports: Then and Now « Tallbloke's Talkshop

Fifth Assessment Report: 2012 (draft)

“Climate change may be due to natural internal processes or external forcings, or to persistent anthropogenic changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in land use.”

It seems that the 95% confidence interval associated with the IPCC definition of “very likely” is now worth no more than a toss of the coin. How much have we been paying these people to produce “Well crafted figures and punchy take home messages“?

Still, look on the bright side, the overpaid and underclued IPCC numpties are starting to wander in the right direction. :)

Roger Pielke Sr also notes that the definition of climate change itself has changed...

This is a sneaky move. In effect they are making a post hoc rationalisation to make their previous position more tenable, or a least less untenable…