What's going on with the weather in Australia? It's partly the result of natural drivers of our weather – and partly due to global warming, writes Andrew King.

If you’ve been out and about the past few days, you may have noticed Australia is experiencing an unseasonably warm winter.

When cold fronts move across the south of Australia they push this warm air ahead of them, bringing warm and windy conditions to southern coastal areas.

As I’ve written previously, there has been at least a 60-fold increase in the likelihood of a very warm winter that can be attributed to human-caused climate change.

We’re likely to see more record warm winters as the planet continues to warm.

So while we may appreciate warm winter weather, we mustn’t forget what’s driving it - and how urgently we need to stabilise Earth’s climate by slashing greenhouse gas emissions.