This score is a massive four points higher than the year prior. But as La Niña subsides, we’ll quickly feel the long-term warming trend again, with bushfires picking back up next season.
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As disasters become more frequent under climate change, building back damaged electricity poles and wires seems maddeningly futile.
Indigenous fire management holds the key to a safer, more sustainable future on our flammable continent.
Disaster-affected communities form the backbone of any disaster response. But survivors are often underutilised in shaping plans for their community’s longer-term recovery and preparedness efforts.
Both affect the lungs. Both can have serious health consequences in vulnerable populations. Both can have long-term health consequences.
In this era of mega-fires, diverse strategies are urgently needed so we can safely live with fire.
Animals are surprisingly good at avoiding fire - but can they survive the unprecedented megafires we now face?
Climate change threatens the crucial storage of carbon in Aussie forests. Victoria’s national parks alone store almost 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Fires in arid Australia are extensive, largely unmanaged, often destructive and significantly under-reported.
A significant proportion of volunteer firefighters report devastating post traumatic stress and thoughts of suicide. We need to support them better.
Without changes, many birds will continue to decline or be lost altogether. But when conservation action is well resourced and implemented, we can turn the trend around.
Northern Australia’s tropical savanna is one of the most fire-prone regions on the planet. We need to change the way we manage fires so we can help native wildlife come back from the brink.
Australia’s bushfire response relies on foreign satellites, which are not designed to assess our highly flammable eucalypt-clad landscapes.
Forest fires in Australia are burning more land across more of the year than ever before, as climate-linked fire weather worsens.
As climate change amplifies the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, evacuations are likely to become increasingly common and costly – in human and economic terms.
Figures released this week suggest Australia’s koala populations have plummeted. So what’s the best way to protect these iconic animals from fires?
The new ABC drama Fires is a six-part series of interlinked stories inspired by the 2019-2020 Black Summer fire season.
Many plants are really good at withstanding bushfires, but the combination of drought, heatwaves and pest insects under climate change may push them to the brink.
Under a new code, rural landholders in NSW will be allowed to clear up to 25 metres of land outside their property boundary. This will be devastating for the wildlife that live or migrate there.
This enormous, unprecedented algal bloom could have profound implications for carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and for the marine ecosystem.
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow in Environmental Science, University of Tasmania
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Emeritus professor, University of Wollongong
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Adjunct Professor (Practice) in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Deputy Director, Engagement and Impact, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
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Deputy Head of School, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University