This study analyzed the effect of bush burning on the smallholder farming industry in Kori Chiefdom. The researchers used a structured questionnaire to obtain primary data from three hundred and eighty-four (384) farmers who were selected through a combination of multi-stage and simple random ...
Our new approach to examine the effect of water quality on oyster health is to look at environmental DNA (eDNA). This means we filter water and extract DNA directly from the filtrate. We then use molecular genetic tools to detect and quantifyharmful microalgae and bacteria. The ripple effect:...
Different regions of Australia have traditionally experienced peak bushfire weather at different times. This has meant that individual households, communities and theemergency serviceshave had specific periods of the year to prepare. These patterns now seem to be breaking down, and bushfires are happeni...
Carbon monoxide is commonly associated with traffic, but here we see the increase in atmospheric concentrations owing to the fires. Naturally, once in the air, it can cause problems for humans by reducing the amount of oxygen that can be transported in the bloodstream. According to Australia’s...
Response variables were burned area, number of fires, houses and lives lost, and the predictor variable was fire season. Negative and positive relationships were indicated as decreasing and increasing trends (slopes) respectively. To analyze the effect of the 2019/20 season on trends we undertook ...
Following the company's own commitment to helping out with the fire relief efforts, Apple is now accepting donations from users that it is passing directly on to the relevant bodies.
"In the last 19 years I've not seen animals coming in that are just starving and just dehydrated, and there is nothing else wrong with them. It's not something that we expect to see with native wildlife." This is also expected to cause problems when Currumbin Wildlife Hospital's ...
Due to climate change, bushfires are becoming a more frequent and more severe phenomenon which contributes to poor health effects associated with air pollution. In pregnancy, environmental exposures can have lifelong consequences for the fetus, but littl
As a result, smoke exposure of grapes can cause significant quality defects in wine, and may render grapes and wine unfit for sale, with substantial negative economic impacts. Until now, however, very little has been known about the impact on grape composition of smoke exposure very early in ...
However, there is cause for concern, as those areas that have most frequently burned are also recovering more slowly. As climate change leads to warmer and dryer conditions, more frequent fires may curtail the recovery of these forests and potentially trigger transitions to more open woodlands or...