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Disasters hit 18 million Australians – and the number is growing

Almost every person in NSW and Queensland was hit with a natural disaster in the past 12 months, research has revealed, prompting calls for all levels of government to sink more money into safeguarding important infrastructure and consider moving residents to safer areas. Ahead of what is expected to be…
bubmag
September 17, 2023
Bushfire

Australia Facing Unseasonably Hot, Dry Weather

Scientists are warning that Australia faces a scorching summer as the weather bureau is forecasting unseasonably hot and dry weather in coming months. Heatwaves are Australia's deadliest natural hazard. They kill more people than bushfires, floods, storms and drought combined. This year, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting warmer and…
bubmag
July 22, 2023
Bushfire

Australian bushfires likely contributed to multiyear La Niña

The catastrophic Australian bushfires in 2019 to 2020 contributed to ocean cooling thousands of miles away, ultimately nudging the tropical Pacific into a rare multiyear La Niña event that dissipated only recently. The research was led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and published in Science…
bubmag
June 20, 2023