Red tingle forests in south-western Australia have the lowest fire risk when they’ve not been subjected to prescribed burning. New research explains why
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We should stop developing into high-risk areas, as the associated land clearing is too significant to our ecosystems and may still result in houses being lost.
New research has found the window of opportunity for hazard reduction burns won’t actually get smaller, but instead change seasons.
Expanding planned burning is often touted as a way to lessen the risk of bushfires. But this burn-off season is bad news for the COVID-19 pandemic.
This summer’s bushfires have sparked a fiery debate about hazard-reduction burning. Scientists are still debating whether it really helps prevent bushfires – here’s why.
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Immunology and Disease, Nord University
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Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair in Ecology, Deakin University
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Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Bushfire Dynamics, School of Science, UNSW Canberra, UNSW
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow, UNSW
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Honorary Associate Professor, Fire Ecology and Management, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Molecular and Life Sciences and ARC Centre for Mine Site Restoration., Curtin University
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Associate Director- Training and Leadership, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, University of Tasmania
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Research associate, UNSW
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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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Principal Research Fellow, Future Fire Risk, The University of Melbourne