Highlands getting hotter faster: Study

A STUDY has shown that in the past 30 years temperatures in the Highlands regions have been rising faster than the global average increase of 1deg Celsius.
Mike Bourke , of the Australia National University, said evidence of climate change in Papua New Guinea was being especially evident in the rising sea level in coastal areas and islands.
He said there were changes in rainfall patterns with some areas wetter, while others were drier.
“My analysis suggest that the ecological zones which are most vulnerable to the impact of climate are atolls, other very small islands, and areas in the Central Highlands with the altitude of 1500m to 2000m ,” Bourke said.
“Our planet is a natural greenhouse and it keeps temperature relatively stable.