Bushfire

Key PointsHazard control burning is a widely used but contested method of reducing the risk of catastrophic bushfires.Critics say it's at best ineffective, and at worst increases the long-term danger by creating extra flammable fuel.Indigenous fire practitioners say their methods offer long-term solutions, but their knowledge is being ignored.Some 5.3…

SYDNEY, AU, Sept 15, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Nino conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years, making Australia more vulnerable to frequent extreme weather events and natural disasters such as bushfires and floods. Last year, for example, Australia experienced four major floods…

Australia rethinks strategies after 2019 to 2020 bushfires...Read More

In an Australian first, artificial intelligence will be used in South Australia's Green Triangle forestry region to monitor for bushfires. Key points:The new detection technology will be operational before the 2023-2024 bushfire season It will be fitted to existing fire monitoring towers and to a new tower under construction at Penola NorthThe…

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…

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…

Populations of koalas in New South Wales and Queensland are so low they are now considered endangered. (Image credit: John Giustina/Getty Images) Koalas present something of a paradox. They are a poster child for imminent extinction, at risk from deforestation, climate change and bushfires. Yet, where I live in South…

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Black Summer smoke. Credit: NASA The 2019-2020 bushfire season was devastating. Vast areas of pristine forest burned, many for the first time in memory. By some estimates, a billion native animals died up and down Australia's east coast. Dozens of people died. While Sydney's skies are blue again, Australia's Black…

CNN  —  Smoke from Australia’s worst wildfires in decades may have contributed to the rare triple La Niña weather event that impacted continents thousands of miles away, according to new research. Flames burned through 46 million acres from June 2019 to January 2020 – during Australia’s summer months – thrusting…