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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.
Every year homes are lost in bushfires. But what if we build our houses to withstand fire?
New data analysis shows bushfires have increased by 40% in the past five years.
Fires in Tasmania have burnt thousands of hectares of wilderness. Other remote fires it's better to put them out quickly.
It is now well documented that women and men are exposed to bushfire risk in different ways and degrees due to everyday divisions of labour and gendered norms.
The tragic loss of homes and property after an escaped burnoff shows the complexities of managing risk in a fire-prone land.
The fire season has arrived in southern Australia, but with a big El Niño driving hotter temperatures, will this be worse than other summers?
On the African continent, more fire for crops leads to less rainfall.
News images of traumatised homeowners huddled in front of the ashes of their homes have become increasingly familiar in recent years. But the question has to be asked - why are we so often surprised when…
Australians have always had to live with bushfires - but climate change is driving that fire danger even higher. And we’re not talking about a distant threat to future generations. According to real observations…
A new computer modelling technology has been created to continually update and predict wildfire growth for lengthy fire blazes…
You do not find many climate change sceptics on the end of [fire] hoses anymore… They are dealing with increasing numbers of fires, increasing rainfall events, increasing storm events. – A senior Victorian…
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David Bowman is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University
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Ayesha Tulloch is a Friend of The Conversation.
DECRA Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor, Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of Wollongong
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Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Professorial Fellow, Fenner School for the Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of Wollongong
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Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
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PhD Student, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Research fellow, University of Wollongong
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne
