Although no single weather event, storm or tragedy can be definitively linked to climate change, Australia, the driest inhabited continent, has warmed by nearly 2 degrees F since 1950. More frequent and intense droughts provide a ripe environment for brushfires, like the one that killed more than 200 people last week. (source: Time magazine).

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