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Fire weather reason – when wildfires are most likely to strike – has expanded almost everywhere.
Barbecued food has unique and often delicious flavors. A food chemist explains how the process of grilling over an open flame can produce flavors unattainable through other cooking methods.
Fire season is getting longer, and the result is transforming iconic desert ecosystems. The start to 2022 has been so dire, one governor called for a federal disaster declaration.
Fire spreading rapidly is always a risk at the University of Cape Town.
Controlled burns can benefit ecosystems and prevent wildfires burning out of control.
Dry, windy conditions have fueled destructive wildfires in Texas, Florida and other states in 2022. Understanding these terms can help people in fire-risk areas prepare.
Hurricane Michael left a jumbled mess of downed trees. Cleaning it up is even harder than it sounds, and now dead trees are burning.
Hidden underneath the bright colors and celebratory nature of fireworks is a combination of ancient chemistry and modern pyrotechnical recipes.
The paradise parrot was rediscovered by Cyril Jerrard, a Queensland grazier, in December 1921. But its return was fleeting.
Scientists are studying fires in Africa at different times of year to see how the smoke from these fires changes over the year.
Climate change threatens the crucial storage of carbon in Aussie forests. Victoria’s national parks alone store almost 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Fires in arid Australia are extensive, largely unmanaged, often destructive and significantly under-reported.
Deep-fried turkeys are delicious, but making one can be dangerous. The scientific reason for fiery Thanksgiving mishaps? A difference in the densities of ice, water and oil.
While promoting better risk reduction is always sensible, it leads to a tendency for disaster management systems to lean heavily on experience and systems designs of other countries
Last year, 3,500 Americans were killed by house fires. A former fire and explosion investigator has 10 tips to keep you and your children safe this holiday season.
While climate migration may be on the rise in Canada, it has been disproportionately impacting Indigenous people and communities for years.
New research suggests that fire from the sky in the form of a small asteroid annihilated a city near the Dead Sea 3,600 years ago.
A fire scientist explains the risk of flying embers that can travel over a mile from a wildfire and how people can protect their homes.
Satellites can already spot a new fire within minutes, but the information they beam back to Earth isn’t getting to everyone who needs it or used as well as it could be.
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor in Quantitative Ecology, The University of Melbourne
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Research fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Research Fellow in Environmental Science, University of Tasmania
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Emeritus professor, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull
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Professor of Geography and Director of the Centre for Wildfire Research, Swansea University
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Adjunct professor, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Richmond
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Professor, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Construction Management, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Postdoctoral researcher, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Future Fire Risk Analyst, The University of Melbourne
