Tag: Black Summer fires
Research reveals fire is pushing 88% of Australia’s threatened land mammals closer to extinction
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About 100 of Australia’s unique land mammals face extinction. Of the many threats contributing to the crisis, certain fire regimes are among the most pervasive.
In a new paper, we...
Fire management in Australia has reached a crossroads and ‘business as usual’ won’t cut it
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The current wet conditions delivered by La Niña may have caused widespread flooding, but they’ve also provided a reprieve from the threat of bushfires...
More than 200 Australian birds are now threatened with extinction – and climate change is the biggest danger
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Up to 216 Australian birds are now threatened – compared with 195 a decade ago – and climate change is now the...
Australia’s Black Summer of fire was not normal – and we can prove it
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The Black Summer forest fires of 2019–2020 burned more than 24 million hectares, directly causing 33 deaths and almost 450 more from...