Even if the proper infrastructure is implemented, it’s hard to say what course of action could possibly extinguish a fast-moving rural bushfire within an hour.
Articles on Spring 2019 bushfires
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Ahead of National Science Week, Chief Scientist Alan Finkel reflects on the growing value of citizen science, emphasising the need for more collaboration as we deal with an evolving climate.
In NSW, honeybees are listed as a key threatening process to biodiversity.
Australia can learn from how India used community hubs to bridge the gap between government and local communities in the challenging years of reconstruction.
To be clear, I’m not advocating compulsory population control, here or anywhere. But we do need to consider a future with billions more people, many of them aspiring to live as Australians do now.
The destruction of recent fires is challenging our belief that with enough time, love and money, every threatened species can be saved. But there is plenty we can, and must, now do.
We found about 300 suspicious Twitter accounts, which we suspect included a high proportion of bots and trolls pushing the #ArsonEmergency narrative.
By understanding how bushfire maps are created, and what their features represent, you can get better at spotting fake ones.
Celeste Barber’s $45 million fundraiser is amazing, but battling Australia’s fires should be an ongoing effort. With the help of social media, it can be.
We pulled four before-and-after NASA satellite images and asked bushfire researcher Grant Williamson to reflect on the story they tell.
Local, self organised, community groups can be supported to do strategic hazard reduction through a range of techniques – including targeted grazing, and prescribed or fuel reduction burning.
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs sparked global firestorms. On land, only creatures that could evade fire survived
Research on other natural disasters tells us there’s a long road ahead for survivors of the current bushfire crisis – but there are some key lessons.
We escaped through blackened landscapes where sheep wandered paddocks with the wool burnt off their backs. My three-year-old son, sensing the mood, asked why his dad and I were so quiet.
The peak time for heatwaves in southern Australia has not yet arrived. Many parts of Australia can expect heavy rains and flooding. And northern Australia’s cyclone season is just gearing up.
Sending holidaymakers directly into forests and national parks right in the middle of peak bushfire season is madness.
Here’s how Australians and their overseas family and friends can monitor the movement of fire fronts in real time.
With smoke haze this week at its most hazardous level yet, people on Australia’s east coast have been taking precautions to protect their health. But some methods are more effective than others.
Fuming, burnt out, drained. Can our smoky cities spark a change in the political atmosphere?
Thousands of people in Australia and around the world have rallied to knit and crochet comfort items for wildlife. Their efforts are the latest in a long history of crafting for a cause.
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Journalist, author, broadcaster, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Scientist, South Australian Museum; Flinders University
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, School of Science at UNSW Canberra, UNSW
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Visiting Postdoc, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty; Director, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (WHO CC for Air Quality and Health); Director - Australia, Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM), Queensland University of Technology
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Honorary Research Fellow, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University