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 lighting than are caused by lightning or other natural sources. This ...
Australia is currently being ravaged by bushfires, once again. Donate to these organizations that are working to help victims and put out the fires.
Samantha Gash is an ultramarathoner with an intense training schedule — but, in the last few months, she’s had some serious disruptions to her runs. Gash lives in Melbourne, Australia, and has seen the effects of the continent-wide fire crisis firsthand. So far, the bushfires have kill...
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 ...
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. ...
Australia’s bushfires have been fuelled by lack of rain, strong winds, and record-breaking heat, turning this fire season into Australia’s worst on record. Though the country experiences some bushfires every year, these conditions brought about by climate change have exacerbated them to catastro...
Dr Foster said grass-eating mammals such as cows, sheep and kangaroos can be useful in helping manage fuel in grassland ecosystems. “In some parts of Australia, cows are regularly used to keep fuel levels down in grassland reserves,” she said. “But our report has shown that grazing anima...
On South Australia's Kangaroo Island,Southern Ocean Lodge— voted one of thebest hotels in 2019 byTravel + Leisure— was one of the casualties of the bushfires that affected nearly half the island known as Australia's Galapagos. A year later, the site has been cleared for construction of it...
TheSydney Rock Oysteris one of the native species that's been cultivated as a profitable industry in Australia since European habitation. They've been farmed sustainably for more than 150 years. These oysters are still the basis of a profitable industry, which has grown in size over recent yea...
The benefits of the IoT won't only be felt in cities. There may be even more to be gained in rural, regional and remote areas. IoT can aid agriculture in many ways, as well as working to prevent and manage bushfires and other environmental disasters. Sophisticated remote learning and heal...