Intense fires can produce storms that make more fire – and they’re becoming more common.
- Professor of Bushfire Dynamics, School of Science, UNSW Canberra, UNSW
We know heatwaves and drought can turn bushfires into infernos, but the reasons why were poorly understood in science.
New research has found the window of opportunity for hazard reduction burns won’t actually get smaller, but instead change seasons.
Extreme fire risk will overlap with weather patterns to create fire tornadoes more often under climate change.
When a bushfire rages so high it creates its own thunderstorm, it becomes a ‘firestorm’ - and makes life much more difficult for firefighters. We still have a lot to learn about what triggers them.
Heatwaves like the one sweeping Australia today will become more common as the globe warms, with record high temperatures already outpacing record lows by a ratio of three to one, experts said today. Temperatures…
We’ve all seen footage of out-of-control bushfires sweeping the Australian landscape, burning out hectares of native forest in their wake. But you might not have heard of a fire tornado, let alone seen…
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