Oscar Wilde said that “A Map Of The World Without Utopia Is Not Worth Glancing At.”

Perhaps a twenty-first century Wilde would say  that “a map of the world without dystopia is not worth colouring in…”

Record heat sees Australia map upgrade

(AFP) – 14 hours ago

SYDNEY — Extreme heat in Australia forced the government’s weather bureau to upgrade its temperature scale, with new colours on the climate map to reflect new highs forecast next week.

Central Australia was shown with a purple area on the latest Bureau of Meteorology forecast map issued for next Monday, a new colour code suggesting temperatures will soar above 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit).

The bureau’s head of climate monitoring and prediction David Jones said the new scale, which also features a pink code for temperatures from 52 to 54 degrees, reflected the potential for old heat records to be smashed.

“The scale has just been increased today and I would anticipate it is because the forecast coming from the bureau’s model is showing temperatures in excess of 50 degrees,” Jones told Fairfax newspapers….

And in Australia, the mainstream media seems not to be joining the dots.