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Forest thinning and controlled burns take away fuel for fires, but the US can only treat so many acres. Which ones to choose?
Canada has had over 2,000 wildfires already this year – here’s why.
Controlled burns can benefit ecosystems and prevent wildfires burning out of control.
Pristine and beautiful or black and dirty? As bushfires become more frequent and we look to Indigenous fire control practices, it is time to reconsider our attitudes to burnt earth.
New research has found the window of opportunity for hazard reduction burns won’t actually get smaller, but instead change seasons.
Expanding planned burning is often touted as a way to lessen the risk of bushfires. But this burn-off season is bad news for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Professor of Bushfire Dynamics, School of Science, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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Claire Smith is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Research Leader in Respiratory cellular and molecular biology at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Graduate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair in Ecology, Deakin University
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Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Associate Professor in Immunology and Disease, Nord University
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
