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” … upward trend in both annual and seasonal rainfall…”
“The maximum length of dry spell also shows an upward trend…”
“….hundreds were swept to their death by a
sudden furious midnight river flooding on
Christmas eve.
“At the other extreme were protracted droughts and mega forest
infernos…”
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DAILY EXPRESS (Sabah, Malaysia)
06 November, 2008
Proof of climate change in Sabah
Kota Kinabalu: There are distinct, measurable signs and actual
events of global warming in Malaysia and Sabah, according to
Prof. Dr Felix Tongkul, Centre for Natural Disaster Studies,
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). “Consistent with changes in the
other parts of the world, surface temperature in most areas in
Malaysia has been showing an upward trend since the last four
decades at rate 2.7 to 4 degrees centigrade per hundred years,”
said Prof. Tongkul.
