‘Once-a-century’ flooding to become common

SEA levels are set to rise by up to a metre within a century due to global warming, a new Australian report said yesterday as it warned this could make “once-a-century” coastal flooding much more common.

The government’s first Climate Commission report said the evidence that the Earth’s surface was warming rapidly was beyond doubt.

Drawn from the most up-to-date climate science from around the world, the report said greenhouse gas emissions created by human industry was the likely culprit behind rising temperatures, warming oceans, and rising sea levels.