https://phys.org/news/2018-07-ecosystems-australia-collapsing-climate.html

These changes, caused by the combined stress of gradual climate change and extreme weather events, are overwhelming ecosystems' natural resilience.

Australia is one of the most climatically variable places in the world. It is filled with ecosystems adapted to this variability, whether that means living in scorching heat, bitter cold or a climate that cycles between the two.