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“It’s been a scrappy operation from its infancy,” she says. “But eventually, I came to this 'ah ha moment', where I realized there must be something I could do to mobilize the running community I’m a part of to make a positive impact in the face of such a crisis.” Relief...
As yet, relatively few studies have explicitly examined links between fire and wildlife disease or summarized their implications (but see Scasta2015). This sparsity is surprising, given that wildfires fulfill many of the requirements for potentially important disease drivers. Wildfires can profoundly sh...
“If populations of these animals don’t recover from events such as this summer’s widespread bushfires, that could have long-term consequences for future fire risk,” she said. “One thing I am concerned about at the moment is the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on conservation and monito...
Australia is currently being ravaged by bushfires, once again. Donate to these organizations that are working to help victims and put out the fires.
Thus, fire temporally regulates the regional C balance of all these areas (Kashian et al., 2006; Kasischke et al., 1995). At the time of burning, large amounts of C are released to the atmosphere through the combustion of plant biomass and soil organic matter (SOM). However, while ...
As Australia heads into a new summer season, we all hope the weather will be less severe and that the country can avoid a repeat of the 2019-2020 catastrophe. Paul Scerri, REC Director of Sales for Australia and New Zealand, speaks for the entire REC community, both in Australia and wor...
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 ...
Kids can get worried duringbushfires, and fire emergencies have been linked with a reduction in children'smental health. Stories such as theBirdie's Tree bookscan help children understand these events do pass and people help one another in times of difficulty. Learning more about air pollution ...
Ecologist Daniella Teixeira has also written about her "immense grief" at the impact of bushfires on the species she was studying: "I grieved not only for the glossy black cockatoos and other damaged species, but also the loss that would come in the future under climate change. […] I ...