A pedestrian walks in a shroud of smoke near the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia on Jan. 1, 2020. The smoke is caused by bushfires. (Photo by Liu Changchang/Xinhua) SYDNEY, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Two more people were confirmed dead and several more remain missing in Austra...
The apocalyptic Australian bushfires have challenged the way we plan settlements. What is the future for small urban settlements within fire-vulnerable forests and bushland? Could they create a new model for rural settlements with wider lessons for development in big cities? This paper draws togethe...
The sky over the Namadgi National Park turns orange due to a bushfire in Canberra, Australia, Jan. 28, 2020. A bushfire in the south of Canberra is recognized as the most serious bushfire threat to the Australian capital since 2003, according to local sources on Tuesday. The fire, ...
Dozens of families have lost loved ones in the bushfires, thousands of homes and farms have been gutted and swathes of the east coast are scarred charcoal-black Australia's "black summer" of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-...
Updated on: January 8, 2020 / 4:47 PM EST / CBS News Devastating bushfires have been spreading across Australia for months, and they show no signs of slowing down. Millions of acres have burned, destroying about 2,000 homes and killing at least 25 people....
MORUYA, Australia (Reuters) - Choking smoke from raging bushfires blocked Bec Winter's path to safety but she put faith in her horse Charmer to find a way, eventually reaching refuge in a local pub in the coastal town of Moruya, Winter said on Saturday. Winter, her son Riley...
Stunning images of cownose rays and Australia’s runaway bushfires are among the winners of the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition
Before–after designs were confounded by the breaking of a multi-year drought shortly after the bushfires. This meant that measured effects of the bushfires could be smaller owing to compensating effects of higher rainfall. We found some evidence for this expectation, with mean effects shifted to...
"This is the most serious situation we have faced since the 2003 bushfires," said Andrew Barr, Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Fires entered the suburbs of Canberra in 2003, killing four people, injuring 430 and destroying hundreds of homes. ...
"The department will actively monitor the forest recovery from the bushfires to ensure that any future human disturbances, such as salvage logging, future fire disturbance and the impacts of changes in climate are taken into account," it said. ...