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 ...
The NSW governmentsaysthe 2019-20 bushfires covered 5.4 million hectares, roughly 7% of the state. Nationally, more than 17 million hectares were affected. Many oyster-growing estuaries were impacted by bushfires in their catchments, especially on the NSW south coast. Whilerain this summergave a...
For example, during the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires,rooftop electricity generationfrom solar panels fell by up to 65% in affected areas. Across the bushfire season,energy lossfrom residential and large-scale solar plants in NSWfell by 175 gigawatt hours, representing a 4.2% loss in total ...
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 ...
Pollination refers to the exchange of genetic material between plants via reproduction and is a critical process in the ongoing recruitment of new generations for many plant species. Urban forests are a significant habitat resource for pollinators, which primarily include bees (Anthophila), flies (Di...
Devastating bushfires have beenspreading across Australiafor 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 thanhalf a billion wild animalshave perished in the flames — a ...
Koalas could be extinct in NSW by 2050 unless urgent action is taken. Queensland's koala population has dropped by at least 50% since 2001 due to deforestation, drought and bushfires. ... “Koalas are an iconic species loved the world over. We simply cannot afford to let them go extinct...
In more recent years, Bear Grylls taught ordinary suburbanites how to stay alive if they, too, should find themselves in the wild, by fossicking for edible bugs. But with so many potential disasters facing us and so many ways to prepare for each one, where can the average person start?
While wineries in the region have just harvested the grapes for their 2021 vintages, the effects of smoke from the 2019-20 bushfires are still lingering (in a good way) for a handful of local winemakers who banded together to make the most of what could have been a bad batch. ...
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