after a remote coastal town reported temperatures of fifty point seven celsius (50.7c). the temperature in 0nslow in western australia on thursday equalled a record set sixty years ago in south australia. but is it due to climate change? i asked professor lesley hughes from mc-quarry university to explain why this is happening. well, the world is in a long term global warming trend and while average temperatures are often what is recorded, long term trend also means that the incidence of extreme events like artist ever records are also inevitable and that is so piercing in western australia at the moment. for piercing in western australia at the moment. at the moment. for the conditions at the moment. for the conditions there - at the moment. for the conditions there now i at the moment. for the l conditions there now and at the moment. for the - conditions there now and how are people coping with these