Last week, much of the Midwest and eastern US experienced hazy skies and red sunsets. The cause was smoke transported from the Western US by the jet stream and spread as far as Boston and even Europe.
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Understanding fire history is crucial to designing effective fire management in order to maintain biodiversity and support the livelihoods of people.
Unprecedented fires are devastating koalas along Australia's east coast. These sudden drops in population put the survivors at risk of inbreeding.
Australia is heading into a scorching summer, but the factors causing the hot and dry weather are expected to ease later in the season.
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.
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Head of Long-range Forecasts, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle & CEO FAUNA Research Alliance, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science and African Climate and Development Initiative Research Chair, University of Cape Town
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Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor of Geography & Environmental Systems, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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PhD Candidate in Restoration Ecology, University of Newcastle
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