World, March 15, 2010 (Pal Telegraph,AFP)- A vintage car enthusiast drives a 1928 Chevrolet roadster through the Painted Desert near the town of Oodnadatta, South Australia, during the 2005 Outback Australian Challenge. Australia's top science body said on Monday temperatures had risen about 0.7 degrees Celsius (0.44 Fahrenheit) in the last 50 years, describing the finding as "significant evidence" of climate change.
A man runs in the water at a Melbourne seaside suburb. Climate change is likely to be a major issue in elections due this year in Australia, the world's top per capita carbon polluter, after the government's flagship emissions trading laws were defeated twice by the Senate last year.



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