Melted Tar Canberra Roads. Closeup of melting tar on roadside Stock Photo Alamy A ustralian officials were forced to close a road on Tuesday after heat caused the surface to melt, coating and destroying the tires of about 50 drivers. A truck parked at Jaggan Hall, about 1km away from the tar-laden.
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A road in far north Queensland has melted, leaving at least 60 vehicles wallowing through mud-like bitumen. "I remember 60 years ago, seeing the tar bubbling up out of the road on hot days and poking the bubbles with sticks," one comment read
Heat wave melted county roads, buckled sidewalks
Up to 50 motorists may be entitled to compensation over the incident in Queensland. The cheap chip seal stuff that the ACT government is so fond of using for maintenance would be. Read More: These Are 5 Conflicts That Were Made Worse By Climate Change Though melting roads and Mars-like cold seem vastly different, both extreme weather events are exacerbated by the effects of human-caused climate change.The Environmental Defense Fund notes that as global temperatures increase, so too does the intensity of heat waves, droughts, storms, and even snowfall.
Old road, patterned with melted tar, in Monument Valley, Arizona, USA Stock Photo Alamy. A melting road caused a sticky situation for unlucky motorists in northern Australia after their vehicles were left “drowning in tar” following a spell of unseasonably hot weather. Emergency services in southeast Australia are warning people to stay indoors as a dangerous heatwave batters the country, with temperatures so high that the asphalt on some roads has been melting
The world’s roads aren’t ready for climate change The Independent. I remember as a child on hot days at the beach having the tar on the road stuck onto to bottom of my feet Tar doesn't have a specific melting point, it gets softer the hotter it is