Australia, your country is burning – dangerous climate change is here with you now | Michael Mann

I am a climate scientist on holiday in the Blue Mountains, watching climate change in action

After years studying the climate, my work has brought me to Sydney where I'm studying the linkages between climate change and extreme weather events.

Prior to beginning my sabbatical stay in Sydney, I took the opportunity this holiday season to vacation in Australia with my family. We went to see the Great Barrier Reef - one of the great wonders of this planet - while we still can. Subject to the twin assaults of warming-caused bleaching and ocean acidification, it will be gone in a matter of decades in the absence of a dramatic reduction in global carbon emissions.