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The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is rising faster than at any point in the past 55 million years.
The recent Canadian wildfires revealed the need for cutting-edge disaster management strategies.
Fire has played a vital role in human history, and will continue to. Recent advances in fusion herald the freeing of fire from captivity back into its natural form.
Getting out in a crisis is often harder than it looks. But science can help.
You might think having trees around your home is the worst idea during a bushfire, but some plants can actually help repel fire.
European invasion completely disrupted the way aboriginal Australians managed fire. Learning from Australia’s first people could help us fight fires in the future.
South west Australia is home to an astonishing number of plants and some of the country’s weirdest wildlife. Now we need to protect it.
Recent bushfires have not just destroyed human lives and property, but pushed some species further down the path to extinction.
Bushfires are threatening Tasmania’s World Heritage area and ancient plants, warning us of a possible future under climate change.
The Christmas Day fires that struck the Victorian town of Wye River are an example of how to get emergency responses right.
Why do people still die in bushfires? Recent fires have triggered a debate about emergency warnings.
Victoria is moving away from burnoff targets to a new strategy for managing bushfire risk.
While Indonesia has taken steps to address the worst forest fires in living memory, a new palm oil alliance with Malaysia threatens to take a giant leap back.
Australians are still underprepared for bushfires. And with fire seasons getting longer thanks to climate change we need to look at why people are still dying in fires, and what you can do to get prepared.
More land is burned in northern Australia during August and October than any other time of the year, and it’s not just a natural disaster.
Federal agencies pay much of the cost to fight forest fires, which means taxpayers are subsidizing the risky practice of building more homes at the wildland-urban interface.
A huge El Niño on the horizon bodes ill for drought and forest fire.
On the African continent, more fire for crops leads to less rainfall.
New early-warning systems are being developed and they’re warning of imminent danger.
Top contributors
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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
