Natural Disasters
Wild Australia: After The Fires
Wild Australia: After the Fires charts the return of Australia’s wild, after the Black Summer bushfires.
Tag: bushfires
Science & Environment
Drones may soon be fighting Australia’s bushfires
How can drones help Australia fight bushfires? And what are the obstacles to be overcome before it becomes reality?
Science & Environment
Could an Australian city burn like LA?
LA is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city?
Nature & Wildlife
Wombat burrows provide refuge from fires
A new study has found wildlife use wombat burrows for vital shelter, food and even drinking water, during and after a bushfire.
News
Endangered western whipbird returns to Kangaroo Island after bushfires
The elusive Kangaroo Island western whipbird has been seen on the island’s western habitat for the first time in four years, says the Australian Wildlife Conservancy.
Opinion & Analysis
OPINION: Recalling the inferno
There’s no better motivation for leaving fossil fuels in the ground than the scars left by Black Summer, writes emergency management expert, Brenton Keen.
Science & Environment
Did smoke from the Black Summer fires give rise to the triple La Nina?
The 2019-2020 bushfire season was devastating. Vast areas of pristine forest burned, many for the first time in memory. By some estimates, a billion native animals died up and down Australia’s east coast. Dozens of people died. Did it also give rise to the triple La Nina?
News
After flooding rains come fires
More catastrophic bushfire seasons are being predicted, despite two years of deluges along the eastern seaboard.
News
Search finds rare subalpine plants survived Australia’s bushfires
A search for rare plants in Australia’s subalpine region has found small populations of all five target species.
News
Ancient food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of Aboriginal people’s resilience
For 65,000 years, Bininj – the local Kundjeihmi word for Aboriginal people – have returned to Madjedbebe rock shelter on Mirarr Country in the Kakadu region (in the Northern Territory).