The tiny golden-tipped bat roosts in the nests of rainforest birds. But high intensity extreme fires can increasingly reach into their unburnt sanctuaries.
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The paltry spending means many species severely impacted by the megafires were left in desperate trouble, potentially pushing some closer to extinction.
Nature is both the trigger for, and answer to, the grief that will increasingly be with us.
The new paper also found some mammals are suffering due to a lack of fire.
The climate crisis demands innovations in our everyday infrastructures. If these changes are to be adopted en masse, finding the right fit between communities and infrastructures is vital.
On December 31 2019, the small NSW town of Cobargo was devastated by fires. Community arts projects are helping in the recovery.
In this era of mega-fires, diverse strategies are urgently needed so we can safely live with fire.
A significant proportion of volunteer firefighters report devastating post traumatic stress and thoughts of suicide. We need to support them better.
Without changes, many birds will continue to decline or be lost altogether. But when conservation action is well resourced and implemented, we can turn the trend around.
Forest fires in Australia are burning more land across more of the year than ever before, as climate-linked fire weather worsens.
The message of Eva Orner’s new documentary is spot on, the logic of its argument faultless. But it tells us things more than it makes us feel things, and this is seldom beneficial in the medium.
Figures released this week suggest Australia’s koala populations have plummeted. So what’s the best way to protect these iconic animals from fires?
New research also identified steps people wished they’d taken to prepare for disaster, such as protecting sentimental items, planning a meeting place and better managing stress.
They overlook a vast body of evidence that crown fire – the most extreme type of fire behaviour in which tree canopies burn - is more likely in logged native forests.
Top contributors
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Honorary Fellow, Child and Community Wellbeing Unit, Beyond Bushfires Research Program, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
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Adjunct professor, University of Sydney
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Chief Research Scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Post Retirement Fellow, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Principal Research Scientist at NSW Primary Industries and Adjunct Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor, Environmental Biology, Curtin University
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Research Fellow in Environmental Science, University of Tasmania
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Dean, Graduate Research, University of Canberra
