Bushfire

The devastating bushfires from a couple of summers ago have seen an “interesting stat” emerge, according to Sky News host Paul Murray. “Apparently a whole collection of stuff that was burnt went up into the air, landed back into the ocean and has produced algal blooms that are bigger than…

Why the chief of disaster wants the term social distancing abolished on the day Sydney records a staggering 681 Covid casesChief of Resilience NSW Shane Fitzsimmons wants term 'social distancing' gone The father-of-two said people need to be 'socially connected' more than ever As former RFS Commissioner, he lead NSW through 2019-20…

For Rupert Murdoch and Fox News, decades of climate denial aren’t nearly enough. With the planet rapidly warming and extreme weather events multiplying, Murdoch and Fox are set to launch Fox Weather, a new streaming platform aimed at competing with the Weather Channel and its digital offerings. The topic area…

news, latest-news, csiro, satellite, csiro satellite, australian space, australia space, space satellite A powerful observation satellite able to provide images of the Earth even through clouds or heavy bushfire smoke will now be at the fingertips of Australian researchers following an historic agreement. The CSIRO will from Thursday be able…

CANBERRA: Australia is considering listing koalas on the country's east coast as endangered, Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley said on Friday in an emailed statement. Australia already classifies east coast koalas as vulnerable, their numbers under pressure from logging, urban encroachment and a pervasive infection. As well, bushfires across…

Binance Charity, Binance Australia, and the Koala Clancy Foundation have, on Earth Day, launched a new cryptocurrency, Tree Token, in an effort to help restore the wildlife habitats impacted by the 2019 Australian Bushfires. The collaborative blockchain project aims to raise $1 million AUD worth of Tree Tokens to plant…

A milder season and the coronavirus pandemic have prompted a big fall in the number of people arrested or reported for causing bushfires in South Australia. Nearing the annual close of Operation Nomad, which monitors known firebugs and focuses on behaviour that may cause fires, police say only seven people…

Environment 8 April 2021 By Donna Lu Bushfires burning along a mountainside in New South Wales, Australia John Moore/Getty Images Smoke pollution from Australian bushfires in 2019 and 2020 warmed the stratosphere over the southern hemisphere by at least 1°C for six months, according to a new analysis. The devastating…

By Caitlin Welsh2021-03-23 10:14:38 UTC Less than 18 months after the "Black Summer" bushfire crisis that made global headlines last southern summer, Australia's east coast is dealing with torrential rain and flooding described as a "once-in-100-year" event — with many of the affected communities the very same ones still recovering…

Months of rain falling in a few days has caused the worst flooding in 60 years in parts of New South Wales already reeling from drought, bushfires and Covid-19 Over the past two years, the people of Australia’s New South Wales have faced a long drought, a horror summer of…