It is often said that bushfires are a fact of life in Australia. While Australian communities will always be affected by the impacts of bushfires, there is an element of human involvement that makes at least some bushfires avoidable. In Australia more bushfires are started by deliberate ...
Bushfires are currently burning in Australian states includingVictoria,Tasmania,Western AustraliaandSouth Australia. In some areas, fire authorities have warned residents about the presence of smoke. Ad Bushfire smokeis harmful to our health. Tiny particles of ash can lodge deep in the lungs. Exposu...
Dr Foster warned against overstating the role that fuel, and hence animals, play in fire behaviour. “Fuel can have a strong influence early in a fire, and under moderate fire conditions,” she said. “But catastrophic megafires are largely driven by weather and drought conditions. However, r...
“We need to know more about what the effects are so we can give people advice,” Marks says. “We need to know for certain whether we should tell people to wear masks, how much it helps to stay indoors versus outdoors, whether they should be doing exercise, and how they can protect...
Australia is currently being ravaged by bushfires, once again. Donate to these organizations that are working to help victims and put out the fires.
Australia’s Black Summer Bushfires in 2019-2020 took a terrible toll in terms of lives and livelihoods. 33 people were killed. The fires burned more than 3,000 houses and 17 million hectares of land, and also caused the death of over one billion animals. Many communities lost all power ...
Oysters are filter feeders, extracting nutrients from the water, so that makes them very susceptible to water pollution such as that from bushfires.
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. It is estimated that more than half a billion wild animals have perished in the flames ...
Researchers have started an attribution study to determine how much global warming is to blame for the blazes that have ravaged the continent.
However, payments will only be available to people who have been called out for more than 10 days, and who are either self-employed or working for a small to medium-sized business. SEE ALSO: Thousands told to jump into the ocean as Australia's raging fires approached Morrison has been ...