Bushfire

Credit: Greg Harvie, Author provided On the night of January 9 2020, my wife and I secured our Kangaroo Island home and anxiously monitored the South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) website for bushfire advice. After many horrific weeks of bushfires, the winds had again shifted, and the fire front…

Australia has seen dozens of inquests into the causes of bushfires and steps that could be taken to mitigate them, with mixed results Australia set up a national inquiry Thursday into its month-long bushfire crisis that affected three in four Australians and prompted widespread criticism of the government for its…

The road into Batlow is littered with the dead.In the smoky, gray haze of the morning, it's hard to make out exactly what Matt Roberts' camera is capturing. Roberts, a photojournalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, keeps his lens focused on the road as he rolls into the fire-ravaged town…

IT CONJURES AN ancient time when Earth’s supercontinents were being rearranged; when Gondwana– the great southern landmass that eventually broke into Australia, Africa, South America, Antarctica, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent – was covered in lush rainforests; and when the evolutionary paths of the plants and wildlife of the Northern…

The Australian bushfire crisis has been devastating, leaving the kind of damage that a lot of people will have to step in and help fix. Benefits and fundraisers have already been going on, with plenty of musicians rallying for the cause when appropriate. There have been concerts and calls for…

February 16, 2020 5:42PM PT Queen + Adam Lambert rocked Australian fans with a reenactment of the band’s iconic 1985 Live Aid performance at a benefit aiding those affected by the country’s recent bushfires. The band performed Sunday at a benefit for Fire Fight Australia at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium, raising…

Australia is pressing ahead with the expansion of its coal industry. But after a catastrophic bushfire season raised concerns over climate change, opposition is growing to a controversial new mine. The country is deeply divided over whether mines are sources of opportunity or scars on the landscape. Al Jazeera's Alexi…

Australia has been through the wringer this year. The disastrous bushfire season has led to a dramatic increase in carbon emissions, crazy conspiracy theories, firefighter deaths, some billions of dollars in damage, and the heartbreaking loss of more than a b…

Flash flooding in Sydney on Feb. 9, 2020. Image: JOEL CARRETT / EPA-EFE / Shutterstock By Mark Kaufman2020-02-10 17:04:44 UTC Here's a vivid show of weather whiplash: After Australia experienced both its driest and hottest year ever recorded in 2019, the nation's fire-ravaged eastern states have now been hit with…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption'Sydney has had its wettest day in well over a year'The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) is braced for severe wet weather this weekend as downpours ease the bushfire crisis in the region. Severe weather warnings for rain, winds and…