This creates an element of criminality in relation to bushfires which includes the establishment of bushfire arson as a serious criminal offence. The author presents a motive-based typology of deliberately lit bushfires and argues that a greater understanding of the reasons why people light bushfire...
1825) following bushfires in eastern Australia showed that a reduction in available foraging habitats was associated with substantially reduced survival prospects (Baranowski et al.2020). The bats also had to newly compete
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Marks says that he wishes government would accept the crisis for what it is and take more actionable steps to prevent the fires from worsening and reoccurring. “We should be leading the world in combating climate change, and we’re not. We’re making excuses and I’m very angry about tha...
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 ...
Without action on climate change, extreme weather events such as the Black Summer bushfires are likely to become more common. The recent COP26 Conference in Glasgow made clear how urgent the situation is. Atmospheric CO2 continues to rise fast. Even with the best-case scenario – with f...
Researchers have started an attribution study to determine how much global warming is to blame for the blazes that have ravaged the continent.
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...
For these reasons, it's important to consider the specific needs of children when providing advice on what to do when there's smoke in the air. Keeping our environments healthy The Australian governmentoffers recommendationsfor minimizing thehealth risksfrom exposure to bushfire smoke. The main adv...
Oysters are filter feeders, extracting nutrients from the water, so that makes them very susceptible to water pollution such as that from bushfires. We are trying to understand how ash from the 2019-20 bushfires has affected the waterways andoysterfarms of New South Wales. Their production is...