Migrants to bushfire-prone locations in regional Victoria, Australia, arrived unfamiliar with their new home and its local environment. Oral history interviews with migrants revealed that learning about the nat
Given their role in physically shaping the environment in which they live, and their capacity to change the availability of resources for other species, invertebrates can be considered as “ecosystem engineers” (Jones et al.1994). While some invertebrates are intentional engineers that directly alter...
an international pioneering solar energy company headquartered in Norway, teamed up with local partners in a powerful relief program: REConstruct gives communities hit by the catastrophe access to clean solar power, allowing them to help to protect the environment and save money on their electrici...
Here, we discussed how wildfires could influence susceptibility and exposure to infection in wild animals, and the potential consequences for ecology and public health. In our framework, we outlined how habitat loss and degradation caused by fire affect animals’ immune defenses, and how behavioral a...
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Depending on where you live, some of the main emergencies you may need to prepare for in Australia include tropical storms and cyclones, bushfires, heatwaves, droughts, flooding, landslides, dust storms, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Know your environment and specific natural disaster risks in your ...
So what can households do to keep electricity supplies stable this summer, amid the twin threat of bushfires and heat waves? If you live in one of thefour million Australian householdswith rooftop solar panels installed, there are several steps you can take. ...
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In addition, concentrations of biomass burning derived PM in the environment (e.g. during wildfires) can be much higher than PM from other sources. Thus, investigation of the toxicity of biomass PM over a wider range of concentrations would be advisable when performing experimental studies. To ...