Australia's 2017 environment scorecard: like a broken record, high temperatures further stress our ecosystems
- Written by Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
It was a hot year for many Australians.ABCNews/David McMeekin
While rainfall conditions were generally good across Australia in 2017, record-breaking temperatures stressed our ecosystems on land and sea, according to our annual environmental scorecard. Unfortunately, it looks like those records will be broken again next year – and again in...