Australian authorities urged citizens not to go out on Friday, due to a severe heat wave sweeping the northwest coast of the country.
According to the Australian authorities, the temperature in that region exceeded 50.7 degrees Celsius, recording the highest level in 62 years.
Scientists and climate activists have warned that global warming due to emissions of greenhouse gases, especially fossil fuels, is getting out of control.
And data from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration revealed this week that the years that recorded the highest temperature ever were all in the past decade, indicating that 2021 is the sixth warmest year, according to “Reuters”.
Australia is one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases, but it refuses to reduce its dependence on coal or industries that use other fossil fuel sources, saying that would be at the cost of layoffs.
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