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Articles on Fire season

December 10, 2019

To save koalas from fire, we need to start putting their genetic material on ice

Ryan R. Witt, University of Newcastle; Chad T. Beranek, University of Newcastle; John Clulow, University of Newcastle; John Rodger, University of Newcastle; Lachlan G. Howell, University of Newcastle, and Robert Scanlon, University of Newcastle

Unprecedented fires are devastating koalas along Australia's east coast. These sudden drops in population put the survivors at risk of inbreeding.

November 28, 2019

Catherine Ganter, Australian Bureau of Meteorology and Andrew B. Watkins, Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Australia is heading into a scorching summer, but the factors causing the hot and dry weather are expected to ease later in the season.

August 17, 2018

Owen Price, University of Wollongong

The same day all of New South Wales was declared in drought, the state's Rural Fire Service issued its earliest ever total fire bans.

Andrew B. Watkins
Head of Long-range Forecasts, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
John Rodger
Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle & CEO FAUNA Research Alliance, University of Newcastle
John Clulow
Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
Owen Price
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of Wollongong
Catherine Ganter
Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Ryan R. Witt
Conjoint Lecturer | Conservation Biology Research Group, University of Newcastle
Lachlan G. Howell
PhD Candidate | Conservation Biology Research Group, University of Newcastle
Chad T. Beranek
PhD candidate, University of Newcastle
Robert Scanlon
PhD Candidate in Restoration Ecology, University of Newcastle