A superimposed wildfire map of Australia over the United States shows the scale of the massive wildfires that have spread Down Under.
Shockingly, no clear end is in sight. The bushfires, experts say, could last for months. As we point out in ourprimer on the fires, hot and dry conditions last through April in Australia, which won't help the situation. But you can. Numerous charities are working around the ...
Bushfires have been raging across Australia since July. Contrary to the fake news that has been spreading globally, the fires are not the work of arsonists. Less than 1 per cent of the land loss is attributed to arson. Horribly dry landscapes (drought) and dry lightning strikes are the ma...
"I think after the 2019-2020 bushfires a whole lot of people right across Australia, including here where we are in northern New South Wales became really conscious of the disruptive force of out-of-control wildfire, and they began to understand some of the thi...
Scott K. Johnson – Jan 4, 2020 12:00 pm | 482 Smoke billows from fires around Canberra. Credit: NASA / EO An absolutely astonishing set of bushfires is burning around Australia currently, producing surreal images like those of evacuees fleeing to beaches—or boats—for safety. The ...
source, collate, analyze and map information about disaster declarations in NSW between 2004 and 2014 focusing on the commonly recurring and sudden onset types of bushfires, floods and storms mirroring similar studies undertaken in the United States; 2 use the results of (1) to identify patterns...
Australia’s bushfires and the effect on airport visibility Fires have ravaged significant portions of Australia in late 2019 and early 2020, and while disruption to flights has been relatively small, the stark situation is a reminder of how critical technology can be.Alex Lovetakes a closer look...
Australia recently experienced unprecedented bushfires, affecting people's health in many of its major cities and destroying homes and lives.
1 However, in the short-term, experts suggest that since the extensive bushfires of 2019-2020 burned up so much “fuel” (in the form of trees, forest and dead plant material), the affected areas such as Melbourne may not experience bushfires to the same extent during the subsequent 3 ...
In Proceedings of the 11th annual AFAC conference and inaugural bushfire CRC conference, Bushfire CRC. Kensington: Western Australia Department of Conservation and Land Management. Google Scholar Chalmandrier, L., G.F. Midgley, P. Barnard, and C. Sirami. 2013. Effects of time since fire on...