Have we learnt all the lessons from our 2020 Black Summer disaster? Last weekend’s blaze suggests that we haven’t.
Sydney’s northern beaches are having another smoky day as firefighters battle to keep a wild hazard reduction burn under control.
Is business as usual possible in a climate crisis? No,but not all is lost,says Parks Victoria’s chief scientist.
An anticyclone combined with high temperatures has created “a cocktail of dangerous conditions” north of Lisbon. More than 15,000 hectares have been scorched.
Wildfires destroying vast areas of the Kimberley have been drastically reduced by Indigenous fire management – and other savannah-rich countries are taking note.
New early detection and rapid bushfire suppression tech is being rolled out across the world and along Australia’s east coast. But it seems WA must wait a while.
At 4am on New Year’s Eve 2019 Daniel Lafferty and Gabrielle Powell were 45 minutes away from a wrenching decision.
Strong winds also forced the cancellation of 90 flights to and from Sydney Airport,while authorities battled bushfires across the state.
A freakishly hot end to winter has sent national climate records tumbling,sparked wildfires around NSW,and led to early closures and patchy snow at many ski resorts.
Residents had been told to seek shelter as firefighters water bombed the out-of-control blaze near Liverpool.
Temperatures have topped 50 degrees in 10 countries around the world in the past year,but Australia could experience a cooler,wetter summer.